Quick, what television shows do the Big Three (or four?) networks air on Friday and Saturday nights? Tick tock, tick tock. Other than being aware that ABC and Fox televise college football in the Fall, it would be difficult to name a single prime time show.
How things have changed. In the 1970s and 1980s, the networks reserved some of their most popular entertainment for Friday and Saturday. Why are weekend evenings now a television desert? There’s surely an economic story within the question, and the guess here is that soaring disposable income has enabled much more outside-the-home activities that have replaced the costless act of watching TV.
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