Facts and TV Statistics:

Facts, figures, studies and surveys on popular entertainment, it's influence and effects.

In 1949, 2% of households in the United States had television.
In 1955, 64% of homes had at least one television set.
By the mid-1960s, 93% of households in the United States had television.
As of 2007, more than 98% of US homes have at least one television set.
In 1970, about 7% of homes had cable television; as of 2008, approximately 60% of US homes have cable television.
More homes have televisions than telephones.
More and more homes have multiple TVs, meaning children have greater opportunity to view programs without parental consent or supervision.
Two-thirds of children in the United States have television sets in their bedrooms.
Children watch about 28 hours of television a week.
Children spend more time watching television than time spent in school.
Children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep.
Television reaches children at a younger age and for more time than any other socializing institution except the family.

+ 31% of children surveyed (ages 10 -17) report having seen a pornographic site on the Internet.