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"Studies have shown that Americans on average watch over twenty-eight hours of television a week." (Walch 2003) "All [tv] is educational [tv]. The question is: What is it teaching?" Nicholas Johnson, former member FCC

In 2009, there were nearly 115 million TV homes in the US, each averaging 2.86 TV sets. That computes to nearly 329 million TV sets -- more than the entire US population. ([|Huff Post]; [|NY Post]) The average cost for a 30-second commercial in prime time was $130,089 during the 2007-2008 season (source: [|Adage] )

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Almost 25% of U.S. households watch TV shows online as opposed to 20% just one year ago. Of these viewers, 43% watch news shows, 35% sitcoms, comedies and dramas, around 20% watch reality programming and 18% sports. ([|Source])

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2009 State of the First Amendment Survey** Television was the first source for major news stories for about half of all responding (49%), followed by the Internet at 15%, radio at 13% and newspapers at 10% -- which places traditional news media (TV, radio and newspapers) as the first source for 72% of Americans. Twitter, e-mails and social-networking sites each were named by 1% of those responding.
 * Traditional News Media Still the Source for Most on Major News, According to

Similarly, for 48% of Americans TV is the primary source for follow-up reports on those news stories, followed by the Internet at 29% and newspapers at 9%. (sources: [|Reuters]; [|First Amendment Center])

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