Entertainment Weekly conducted a study to find, amongst other things, “what the average entertainment fan is doing to cope” in the absence of freshly scripted TV diversions. There is actually some good news in the survey results. Here are some selected highlights:
| How have you been spending your spare time now that your favorite shows are off the air? (Choose all that apply.) | |
| Pct | Activity |
| 44 | Watching less TV |
| 40 | Reading more books |
| 36 | Listening to more music |
| 34 | Watching more news programming |
| 27 | Going to bed earlier |
| 23 | Going online more |
| 16 | Bored more than usual |
| 9 | Having more sex |
I’m not quite sure why the 16% who are more bored don’t join the 9% who are having more sex and increase that number. However, we certainly can’t complain if people are reading more books and getting more sleep, so the strike isn’t all bad news. Of course, I wouldn’t want the strike to be extended just to further these activities, but it wouldn’t hurt if folks altered their routine in ways that allowed these new habits to persist.
Lol, they forgot the statistic of people going over to youtube to get braindead there (which I’m doing)… and even worse, more “news” could mean more fox news… 🙁
Still it’s an entertaining poll.