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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Oh, and when looking at articles on the net, it seems my suspicions are correct. TV is for old people. All of the big networks have average viewer ages of at least 50+, some even 60+. Younger people are not watching broadcast TV anymore. They either use services such as Netflix, or even stuff posted at sites such as YouTube (legal or not).
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TV is alive and well here. The question is the delivery medium.
Broadcast TV still exists, but is way down. The primary delivery medium for TV is cable or satellite dish. I'm an example. I live in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Broadcast TV is hopeless. Back when we were still trying to get it, there was perhaps one channel that came in clearly, and that was because its transmitter was atop the Empire State Building, which is in walking distance of me. Any other channel was barely discernible hash, because broadcast TV signals and skyscrapers don't mix.
The broadcast channels are also carried on cable or dish and are generally part of the basic service package.
The major networks - ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox - all still exist and are moderately healthy.
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I haven't watched a TV program for the last 15 years. The only reason I have a TV is because I want to watch movies on Blu-Ray and DVD. If there's some documentary I want to watch, I'll find it on the internet somewhere if Netflix doesn't have it. Maybe I'll add something like Chromecast some time.
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TV here is the SO's thing. For the most part, I don't watch it. I do spend most waking hours in front of a screen, but it's the big monitor for my desktop, and I'm not normally watching video.
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That form of entertainment [television] did not last much beyond the year 2040. Mr. Data Star Trek: The Next Generation The Neutral Zone.
Data was probably optimistic. I don't expect TV to last until 2040, but still, the show's writers were in the ballpark.
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TV will still be present, but the form is likely to differ.
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(If you don't consider yourself to be part of the 'old people' described in these last two posts, for whatever reason, then just ignore them  )
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I am indeed one of the old people, but likely not representative of the demographic.
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Dennis