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One of the most significant social trends during the last half of the twentieth century involved the rise of television (TV) as the dominant leisure time activity for most people in nations where TV was widely available. This trend was especially strong in the United States, where TV occupied about 40 percent of leisure time for most Americans in the early twenty-first century. This translates into an average of three hours of TV viewing per day; although some of this viewing is done while engaging in other activities. Many theorists and researchers have sought to explain how TV has come to dominate leisure time. Others have tried to assess the consequences. This essay reviews their arguments below and has documented in detail how leisure time has come to be dominated by TV.