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...elve minutes daily (“The Ubiquity of Modern TV and Other Facts to Ponder in a Mediated World”). These numbers have greatly increased from the past, when, for instance, in 1963, an average household with a television set kept its TV on for only five hours and eighty-five minutes each day (Comstock and Chaffee 89). While the amount of televisions in our country demonstrates Americans’ wealth, the extent to which TV is viewed is a problem rather than a positive thing. People from other countries could classify Americans as lazy, or even spoiled. Americans, themselves, have been confessing their problem with television. Forty nine percent of Americans admit that they watch too much television (Herr, Norman). Statistics support Americans’ concerns over excessive television viewing. Six million videos are rented daily, while only t...