{"id":771,"date":"2008-01-27T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=771"},"modified":"2008-01-27T14:49:19","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T22:49:19","slug":"unintended-benefits-of-the-writers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"Unintended Benefits Of The Writer’s Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entertainment Weekly<\/a> conducted a study to find, amongst other things, “what the average entertainment fan is doing to cope”<\/em> in the absence of freshly scripted TV diversions. There is actually some good news in the survey results. Here are some selected highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
How have you been spending your spare time now that your favorite shows are off the air? (Choose all that apply.)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pct<\/b><\/td>\nActivity<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nWatching less TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nReading more books<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nListening to more music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nWatching more news programming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nGoing to bed earlier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nGoing online more<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nBored more than usual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHaving more sex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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