Oct. 1, 2012 -- Most Americans love television. Even when we’re not engrossed in a show, TVs are often on as background noise while we cook, clean, eat, and even sleep. Now a new study published in ...

Nearly half of the top 10 streaming shows in late June were “library” titles. Meaning, shows that originated somewhere else (usually traditional TV) and are now licensed by a streaming platform. The ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap What’s a TV show that you put on while doing other things? In talking with friends (and sometimes strangers) about their viewing ...

As content floods the era of Peak TV, there's an alternate solution to keeping up with shows: Listening to some of the them in the background while you do other tasks. By Robyn Bahr One year ago, at 2 ...

Even if we aren’t actively watching TV, most of us leave the set on in the background. But that may have detrimental effects on children in the home, according to a new study published in the journal ...

In many homes, a television playing in the background is the soundtrack for everyday life. Some people habitually leave the TV on, even when no one is watching it. This habit could have unintended ...

TV is a common fixture in our everyday lives. It's almost as if the TV is a part of the family. We turn it on in the morning so that we can catch the latest headlines. We leave it on all day so we can ...

There was a time when watching TV meant sitting down, giving your full attention to a show, or excitedly dissecting it as it was happening with another person. Hell, we already talked about ...

Young children in the United States watch about 80 minutes of television per day, on average. Depending on whether the programming is educational and age-appropriate, all that time in front of the ...

In the new era of pay equity and harassment protections, few workers in the film and TV industry have less of either than background performers. SAG-AFTRA says that pre-pandemic, 15% of its 160,000 ...