Virginia Postrel writes on Bloomberg View:
The average American devotes about five hours and 10 minutes a day to "leisure and sports" activity, including two hours and 50 minutes watching television, up from 2 hours and 37 minutes in 2007, according to the 2012 American Time Use Survey done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics...For workers with one full-time job in 2012, those in the bottom income quartile, with weekly pay of $530 or less, averaged about 4 hours and 25 minutes a day in leisure activities, including 2 hours and 36 minutes of television. By contrast, those in the top quartile, making more than $1,291 per week, spent 3 hours and 49 minutes at leisure, including an hour and 55 minutes of TV.
That's a lot of television.