I was extremely surprised to read about the amount of TV that is watched in this country, and around the world. While it is easy for me to believe that people spend about 10 hours a day on various media devices (I am constantly on my computer doing work and I’m glued to my cell phone), I was surprised by how much people watch TV. Maybe it’s just because I am one of those people who watches TV almost exclusively online, but hours and hours in front of the TV seemed almost unrealistic. However, I have recently been so busy with school and work that I have gotten weeks and weeks behind on all the shows I watch, and it always bothers my friends that they can’t discuss with me what happened on the last week’s episode. I usually watch the Oscars with a group of friends and just watched the Super Bowl with a bunch of other people, but I never realized just how social regular, primetime TV is. I think shows like American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, or anything that appeals to a wide variety of people plus has some kind of elimination, will always be successful, because it really isn’t the same if you watch it the next day. The whole thing is who will win or lose, just like with sports. I think this means that more and more TV shows will be reality or competition-based in order to hold on to viewers. I wonder, though, what this means for scripted TV.