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Television Survey Results

Smart girls decide for themselves.

June, 2002

In March and April, SmartGirl put out a survey asking you to tell us about your television habits and your favorite shows.  Here?s what you had to share with us!  

Of  the 415 of you who responded, 93% were female, and 2% were male and 5% did not disclose their genders.  The average age was right around 14 years old, but ranged from 8 to 21.  37% of those that answered were the oldest sibling, 31% the youngest, 17% the middle child, and 11% the only child, with 4% giving no answer.  SmartGirl visitors from 13 different countries responded to this survey.  58% were from the USA, 19% from the UK, and 9% from Canada, but we also had respondents from countries like Singapore, Nigeria, and Spain.

SmartGirl asked, "How many television sets do you have in your home?"

Table 1.1 Number of TV Sets?

Response

Frequency

Percent*

0

2

1

1

36

9

2

80

21

3

105

28

4

84

22

5

51

13

6

24

6

*Based only on those who responded.  33 of you didn't answer this question.

 

SmartGirl asked if you had cable in your houses.  Here?s a graph of what you had to say:

 

SmartGirl also asked if you had television sets in your bedrooms. See Table 1.2 below for the results.

Table 1.2 TV in Bedroom?

 

Response

Frequency

Percent*

Yes

210

50.5

No

186

45

No Answer

19

4.5

SmartGirl asked you to rate your responses to a few statements (see Table 1.3 below):

Table 1.3 Your Responses to the Following Statements

 

 

Statement

Strongly
Disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

No Answer

I am a couch potato

21%

46%

25%

5%

3%

?When I watch television, I
 HAVE to be in control of the remote!?

9%

27%

40%

21%

3%

?I am a channel surfer (I flip
 from channel to channel while watching television)!?

15%

26%

38%

17%

4%

 

SmartGirl asked what types of shows you watched.  Since you could check more than one category, we didn't include the percentages.  Please see the graph below for the results. 

 

SmartGirl then asked what your favorite type of show.

Table 1.4 Favorite Type of TV Show?

Response

Frequency

Percent

Comedy

124

30

Drama

48

12

No Response

48

12

Music TV

41

10

Reality TV

39

9

Cartoons

32

8

Soap Operas

28

7

Cable Movies

12

3

Mystery

11

3

Made-for-TV movies

8

2

Documentaries

7

2

Game Shows

6

1

Sports

6

1

News

5

1

 

 

SmartGirl asked, "Have you ever watched a television show alone and laughed so hard and so loud that someone came into the room to see if you were OK?"  See the graph below for the results.

SmartGirl asked, "How many television shows do you watch regularly without fail, and would never EVER miss an episode?"

Table 1.5 Number of Shows You NEVER Miss

Number of Shows

Frequency

Percent

0

89

21

1

81

20

2

73

18

3

65

16

4

30

7

5

22

5

6

7

2

7

5

1

8

1

0

9

1

0

10

16

4

No Response

25

6

 

SmartGirl asked, "When do you watch the most television?"

Table 1.6 Time to Watch TV?  

Response

Frequency

Percent*

In the Morning

3

.7

In the Afternoon

67

16.1

At Night

211

50.8

Weekends

103

24.8

*31 did not respond to this question

 

SmartGirl asked you to share with us your favorite television show.   Here are some of the top vote getters:

            Friends  10.7%

            Buffy the Vampire Slayer   4.2%

            7th Heaven  4.2%

            Survivor  2.7%

            Gilmore Girls  2.5%

            The Simpsons  2.5%

            The Real World  2.2%

 

SmartGirl asked, ?If you could be a character on a television program, which program would it be and what character??  Here are the top programs you listed:

            Friends  

            Buffy the Vampire Slayer  

            7th Heaven  

            Gilmore Girls  

            The Simpsons  

            East Enders 

 

    Here?s the top characters you wanted to be:

             Rachel (from Friends)  

            Buffy (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 

            Phoebe (from Friends)  

            Lucy Camden (from 7th Heaven)  

            Rory (from Gilmore Girls) 

 

SmartGirl asked, ?If you could go on a dream date with a television character with whom would it be??

             Joey (from Friends)  

            Pacey (from Dawson?s Creek)  

            Angel (from Angel/Buffy)  

            Simon (from 7th Heaven)  

            Chandler (from Friends) 

 

We then asked what your favorite television theme song was.

            Friends 

            7th Heaven  

            East Enders 

            Spongebob Squarepants  

            Malcolm in the Middle 

 

For the final question, SmartGirl asked you to tell us you favorite television actor or actress.  Here?s what you had to say:

            Jennifer Aniston  

            Sarah Michelle Gellar  

            Lisa Kudrow  

            Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen  

            Matthew Perry  

            Melissa Joan Hart  

            Hillary Duff 

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us!

 

 
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