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Interesting discussion. I'm glad the majority here didn't use this article as a chance to mindlessly bash any TV watching. I've seen countless articles about reading where TV is mentioned and the comments just fill with people acting like all TV is mindless or that they are superior because they don't watch it.
As others have pointed out, there's no way to know what is actually watched. My parents have always been TV addicts, yet for some reason my brother and I grew up not really into TV. They leave the TV on all day at their house, although my mother is on the computer at the same time if she's sitting, she leaves it on for the white noise and background stimulation rather than sitting there staring at it. For my dad it's the only hobby he's ever been into other than golfing. Neither of them ever liked to read, so of course they would not increase their reading habits now that they've gotten older.
The older people I know don't like reading and never did. My friends my age all like reading, however, and we have a 10 person book club still going strong. I assumed this generation enjoyed reading more than the last, but it's probably a your mileage may vary kind of situation.
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