Favorite Way of Spending an Evening

Percentage of Americans who say watching TV is their favorite way of spending an evening: 33. Who watch TV during dinner: 50. Who say a TV set is a necessity: 64.

1988 Gallup Report on Book Buying, reported in Zondervan Publishing House press release; Roper Organization, reported in American Demographics, 12/88; Roper Organization, reported in Psychology Today, 3/89