Your take: you know you watch too much TV when…
TV watching is at a record high in America, with people watching an average of 35 hours a week. Takeaway listeners had a lot to say on this topic. We asked how listeners know when they’ve watched too much TV. Listener Angel from Miami wrote in to say: You know you’re watching too much TV when you find the teens on Skins or 90210 to be an adequate substitute for not having actual kids of your own.
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