How Much Do You Know About TV

Take this quiz from the Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting and find out. I’ll help you get started:

6. How many hours per year does the average American youth spend watching TV?

ANSWER: d. 1,023 hours. Compiled by TV-Turnoff Network for New York Times Magazine, February, 16 2003.

7. How many hours per year does the average American youth spend in school?

ANSWER: d. 900 hours. Compiled by TV-Turnoff Network for New York Times Magazine, February, 16 2003.

I also recently heard that in coming years the average American, by the time of his or her death, will have spent nearly 11 years of their life watching television.

Now … if you got to death’s door and were offered another 11 years, (1) would you take it, and (2) would you spend it watching reruns of West Wing? That’s what I thought …