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?"

*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.

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

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.

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?"

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

*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%

            7^th 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  

            7^th 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 7^th 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 7^th Heaven)  

            Chandler (from Friends) 

We then asked what your favorite television theme song was.

            Friends 

            7^th 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!