Some time ago, I stumbled upon this paper: Searls, D. T., Mead, N. A., & Ward, B. (1985). The relationship of students' reading skills to TV watching, leisure time reading, and homework. Journal of Reading, 158-162. Sample is very large: To enlarge on such information, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) gathered data on the TV viewing habits of 9, 13, and 17 year olds across the U.S. during its 1979-80 assessment of reading skills. In this survey,
One wonders if stupid kids are bad at figuring how much TV they watch in some consistent direction.