The Washington Times: America and the death of television

For the first time in history, more people watched streaming programming in July than cable television. Those Americans watching broadcast TV were scarcely more than 20% of media consumers. Television is dying, and its end may be only a decade away. While the demise of what my mother frequently called “the boob tube,” may now surely be inevitable, it is one more long goodbye for another part of American life that once brought us together.

The death of television will exacerbate the already evident societal problem of being increasingly disconnected from each other.

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