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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk How Giving Up TV For A Month Changed My Brain And My Life I've never seen Game of Thrones, I don't know what the Scandal is, and I couldn't name a single "real" housewife. I thought I didn't watch much television and that taking a 30-day break would be a piece of cake. I was wrong. The average adult watches 2.8 hours per day of television, according to the American Time Use survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another study puts this number higher, at four hours and 15 minutes each day. I added up all of the viewing at my house, and we were definitely on the high side. - A one-hour standing date with Judge Judy, marking the official end of my workday - An hour of news - Thirty minutes of Jeopardy (because it’s educational) - And an hour-plus of mindless shows before bed Nielsen, we have a problem. Continued here TradeBriefs: What's important, not just what's popular! 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