The Highest Rated TV Shows of 2010...and a scary statistic.

The results are in for 2010…the top rated regular programs on TV were:

1. American Idol with 23 million viewers
2. Sunday Night Football with 21 million
3. Dancing with the Stars with almost 21 million
4. NCIS with 15 million
5. Survivor with 13 million.

In other entertainment news, total television viewership was up by 1% this year.  The average American now watches 34 hours of TV a week.  That’s just shy of 5 hours a day.

Meanwhile, our economy is in a slump, we’re sleeping less than ever, divorce is rampant and kids are less supervised than ever, and our health is terrible.

If your New Year's Resolutions include making any kind of improvement in your life, the first thing you should consider is shutting off that large time-suck in your living room… and kitchen… and bedroom… and on your phone… and everywhere else you go.

Money is easy when you’ve got the time.  Time is a lot easier if you dump some TV.

And let’s not even start on the effect from all the garbage the media is inserting directly into your mind as if it was using a needle and IV bag.

This week: pick a night, any night, and turn off the tube for just that one evening.  See what you can accomplish!

Have a great week.

Closing message 1/4/2010.  Each week, I do a “closing thought” at my Networking Group, the Scottsdale Innovators.  We meet Tuesdays for lunch at the Rock Bottom Restaurant at Desert Ridge in North Phoenix.   Things start at 11:30 am and you’re out by 1 pm.  If you're in the neighborhood, come see us.

Want to grow your business this year?  Lynn McColley offers Small Business Web Site Design, Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing Blast software, Local SEO and Internet Marketing through his company McColley Marketing Media.  He can be reached at 480-704-4286.