What TV show has received the most Emmy Award nominations?
A: Saturday Night Live (142)
Next up are ER (124) and Cheers (117)
Snacking is the number one activity people do while watching TV. What activity is second?
A: Checking e-mail (47%)
The top 5 according to a survey from Yahoo!TV and Entertainment Weekly:
1. Snack (56%)
2. Check email (47%)
3. Post on Facebook (34%)
4. Cook (33%)
5. Clean (31%)
What year did these TV firsts happen: networks cancel regular programming for live news coverage, the home video recorder goes on sale, and instant replay is used?
A: 1963
-networks cancelled regular programming for live news coverage of US President John F. Kennedy’s assassination
-Neiman-Marcus offered the first home video recorder for $30,000
-instant replay was used on an Army-Navy football game broadcast
Prior to The Simpsons, what was the last successful animated prime time TV show?
A: Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (1972-1974)
Tom Bosley, the dad on Happy Days, voiced Harry Boyle, the father.
The world record for doing this was recently broken after more than 86 hours. Doing what?
A: Watching TV
Photo: AP
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment held a contest to see who could watch continuous episodes of 24 the longest to promote the release of the DVD box set. Three guys went 86 hours, 6 minutes and 41 seconds for a new Guiness World Record.
(December 2nd at 9:30pm-December 6th just after 11:30am)
They were allowed a 10-minute break every two hours.
