With Millenials and younger, it’s GONE. They don’t even own TV’s. It’s Netflix and whatever online streaming is next.
I’m hardly a Millennial but I haven’t had a TV ever. We had one at home when I was a kid. On visits to my parents’ house, I would find that the content had deteriorated visibly since my last visit. They couldn’t see it because it was gradual.
It is the older folks who are addicted, with their “favorite shows,” etc. And of course the news. They have the TV on constantly, even when no one is watching. Whoever called it the modern “hearth” was dead on. The place doesn’t seem alive unless the TV is on. How sick is that?