Watching TV At Dinner – hated or celebrated?
Watching TV At Dinner has 0 counted ballots in the last 30 days, too few for a reading. The reading appears at 10. The outside measurements below are what exists.
16 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · model v1.0 · no snapshot yet
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Source: hateorcelebrate.com · open online vote, self-selected, not a poll · n = 0 · 30 days to 14 Sept 2026
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Watching TV At Dinner
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Prior readings
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| Publisher | Field dates | n | Question asked | Result as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGovAccessed 2026-09-14 | 9 Jan 2025to 13 Jan 2025 | 1,106 | What Americans are typically doing while they are eating dinner (multiple response; question wording not published verbatim in the article). | "Most Americans (63%) watch TV while they eat dinner. 41% talk to the people they're with and 28% look at their phone." |
| YouGovAccessed 2026-09-14 | 14 May 2024to 31 May 2024 | 2,054 | When you eat your main evening meal at home, are you normally watching something while you do so (e.g., on TV, a laptop, a smartphone, etc.)? |
Why people split
Whatever the etiquette argument is about, it is not a generation gap. YouGov's British data shows between 63% and 72% of every single age group says they watch something while eating their main evening meal. The oldest respondents are as likely to do it as the youngest. Living alone raises it to 81%, and living with people you do not eat with raises it to 78%, but even among households who sit down together 60% still have something on. Among households with children under 18 who eat together, it is 45%. The strongest predictor is furniture rather than age or family: 93% of people who eat on a sofa or armchair watch something, against 41% of those at a dining table. Combining the two questions, 39% of all British adults eat their dinner on the sofa in front of a screen. American figures land in the same place, with 63% watching TV at dinner and 41% talking to the people they are with.
Source: Britons are as likely to eat dinner on the sofa as they are at a dining table (YouGov). Added 2026-09-14.
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Watching TV At Dinner: 0 counted ballots and no reading yet (a reading is published at 10; 30 days to 14 Sept 2026, open online vote, self-selected, not a poll), hateorcelebrate.com/s/watching-tv-at-dinner, model v1.0. https://hateorcelebrate.com/s/watching-tv-at-dinner
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