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TV Viewers' Average Age Hits 50

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hey-i'm-almost-that-old-now dept.

Ant writes "Variety reports on a recent study that says TV viewership's median age is outside the 18-49 years demographic: "The broadcast networks have grown older than ever — if they were a person, they wouldn't even be a part of TV's target demo anymore." These totals exclude DVR users, and apparently the oldest since they started tracking it. Of course you know what the means ... TV is for old people! The internet has confirmed it.

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  1. Re:Average live median age? by lazyDog86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's interesting. So maybe you can help with this: what does the MODE button do on my remote? Make the programming even more average?

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  2. So does this mean... by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    So does this mean that today's youth are outside riding bikes, skipping, playing games, building tree forts, etc?

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    1. Re:So does this mean... by gregbot9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mean outside getting lost, raped, kidnapped and murdered? I hope not, it's a scary world out there. They should be siting down nice and safely, watching shows free of sex or violence, letting TV raise them like it did me. Now if you excuse me I think Law & Order: SVU is on.

  3. Re:"The internet has confirmed it" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    3b. Internet Killed the TV Star

  4. Re:Average live median age? by lazyDog86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pointless semantic arguments, uninformed annoying commentary, and disregard of nuanced definitions?
    My God, they're right! The Internet is replacing television!

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