Facts About TV

1) Amount of television that the average American watches per day: over 4 hours

2) Percentage of US households with at least one television: 98%

3) Percentage of US households with exactly two TV sets: 35%

4) Percentage of US households with three or more TV sets: 41%

5) Time per day that TV is on in an average US home: 7 hours, 40 minutes

6) Percentage of Americans who always or often watch television while eating dinner: 40%

7) Chance that an American falls asleep with the TV on at least three nights a week: 1 in 4

8) Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV: 49%

9) Percentage of US households with at least one VCR: 85%

10) Number of videos rented daily in the US: 6 million

11) Number of public library items checked out daily: 3 million

12) Number of hours of media consumed daily by the average American in 1998: 11.8