TV is a great source of entertainment, and it can be very addictive. You don't even need statistics to know you watch lots of TV you can just look at your electric bill. Almost everyone more than likely watches TV everyday for hours unless they are very busy with work or school. Lately though, many are starting to wonder if TV is becoming an issue due to those many hours we spend watching it. Some people think that Americans are just becoming lazy just as fast as they are becoming obese. However, The main reason to focus on is that maybe it's just that we all like to take a break from our everyday lives.
There are many possible explanations why people watch so much TV. Some people blame it on all the advertisements you see 3 to 4 times on each show. Many Companies can make lots of money running these advertisements, such as Verizon selling Blackberry and smart phones, or Microsoft selling computer, and video game systems. Another possible cause could be lazyness, since America is becoming an obesity populated country.
However, the big picture is that we all just like to take a breather and a break from our busy everyday lives. Unless your a celebrity, millionaire, or really popular then more than likely your life is probrably boring and repetetive. Most adults with middle class paying jobs do the same routine almost every day out of the week. They get up, get ready for work, go to work and work 8-10 hours, go home tired, and then go to bed exhausted, and then repeat the cycle the next day and then the next. The same could go for high school and college kids, especially if they are very involved with extracurricular activities. Another big reason is the variety of shows that intrigue, encourage, and interest a person's curiousity, perspective, and sense of adventure. All of this you can watch with a press of a button. Not too long ago if you wanted to learn a new cooking recipe then you had to go to the book store and buy a cooking book, any time you felt the need to exercise then you had to drive to the gym and exercise, if you were a huge sports fan then you had to pay for a seat to watch a game, to catch up on global news, issues, or even your local weather you had to go and buy a newspaper, and if you wanted to travel around the world and explore other culture you had to pay money. Today, we can do, see, and watch all these things right in the comfort of our homes. All because of TV.
To conclude, the biggest reason people watch so much TV is that it helps us take a break our everyday working lives. It also can be a great source to learn, do, and see things like new cooking recipes, doing fitness workouts, seeing other peoples' culture, and keeping in touch with world with the news, just by pressing buttons on a remote. All of this is great but this is a main cause for us to watch too much TV. Maybe we should try more in the future to occupy our time with more productive things as opposed to just sitting on the couch watching lots of TV.
