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Couch Potato Nation: Americans More Attached to TV Than Ever
Couch Potato Nation: Americans More Attached to TV Than Ever
A new study says Americans are more attached to television than ever. A 10.2% unemployment rate in October, combined with an economic crisis and an extremely slow season for blockbuster movies, may be drawing viewers to the small screen.
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Mad News, November 8-10, 2009
Basket of Kisses — ... his entire life in deference to his objectification of her. It is hard to believe that someone who has been presented as a generally mature and rational man would rush into something so potentially disastrous. How long are we giving this relationship? (Or more to the point: how long before Sally short-sheets Henry’s bed?) Newsday lists “Mad Men plots we’d like to see.” Here’s an article about the AV system used in Times Square for the S3 premier. Americans watch more TV than we used to. Backstage interviews Vincent Kartheiser.

Morning Shots: TV Viewing Is Up, Barry Levinson Is Mad, And Google Is Flexible
NPR Blogs: Monkey See — ... • The amount of television that an average American watches per day is up four minutes from last year. Probably not surprising given the economic circumstances, but given that it constitutes almost a half-hour over the course of a week, that's not peanuts. ...

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