We all love watching a little TV, a bit in the morning whilst eating breakfast. Maybe a little at work. Some at lunch time. Hang on, thats quite a lot when i think about it. And funnily enough, a new set of stats from Nielsen shows that US residents are watching more TV than ever before.

The survey showed that the average time spent watching the television was four hours and 49 minutes each day. This is for the 2008-2009 season and is up four minutes from last years numbers and up 20% from ten years ago. The average household watched eight hours and 21 minutes a day, which not surprisingly is also a new high for vegitating in front of the tube.

According to Nielsen, the rise is partly due to the fact that households have more TV sets in their households and there are more channels to watch.

So what are reasons for the upsurge in viewing numbers? Well we have the rise in digital tv availability, then of course their is the recession. People have less cash available, and as so many more are unemployed – more time on their hands to sit around watching brain numbing soap operas and freaky/dull chat shows.

This confirms what we already know, in that most people are still looking at their shiny tv as a main form of entertainment and that the gradual evolving to watching shows tv on the internet is still a long way back in second place. For now.

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