If I were to sit down and think about it, I would guess that I've watched five or six hours of television every single day since 1970.

Now, that might seem like an outlandish number to many people. After all, didn't I go to school and later work? Yes I did. But I can honestly say that when I got home from school I watched TV until 11 at night, every single night, and a lot more during the summer (and I even found time to go outside to play baseball!). Today I have the TV on from approximately 8 AM until well after midnight. That's a lot of TV watching over the years.

I thought of that when I read this article that says Americans are watching more television than ever.

The stats come from Nielsen Media, which says that even though Americans are using the computer more and more to watch video (and it's now a mainstream thing to do and not just the arena of geeks), they're still watching TV in larger numbers than ever before. In fact, the average American watched 127 hours of television this past May, which is up 6 hours from last year. I would guess that the people who write for TV Squad watch double that amount, but I guess since we write about TV for a living that means we're not "average."

How much TV do you watch a day? Does that number dip during the summer, and if so, how many hours difference is it?