US Television viewing at all-time high (Alana Semuels)

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 Couch Potato Nielsen's 'Three Screen Report' for the fourth quarter says the average American now watches more than 151 hours of TV a month

  Feb. 24, 2009 (Los Angeles Times) -- The human race seems to be falling for the space aliens' devious scheme: We're watching more television than ever, according to a report released Monday.

If you've seen that Hulu.com commercial starring Alec Baldwin, you know that TV is a plot devised by aliens to turn our brains into mush so they can scoop them out and eat them. Computers, the ad says, are making our brains even mushier by giving us more places to watch TV.
The Nielsen Co.'s "Three Screen Report" -- referring to televisions, computers and cellphones -- for the fourth quarter said the average American now watches more than 151 hours of TV a month. That's about five hours a day and an all-time high, up 3.6% from the 145 or so hours Americans reportedly watched in the same period last year.

Television executives (and space aliens) have the recession and the heightened interest in election coverage to thank for the increase in TV watching. People are staying in and watching the boob tube rather than spending money outside the house.

 

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