For the first time since 1992 – the year Johnny Carson left the late-night stage, President-elect Clinton took the national stage, and Jack Nicholson stole the stage because a certain man in a certain uniform couldn’t “handle the truth” – fewer American homes own a television. According to The Nielsen Company, the Advanced/Preliminary TV Household Universe Estimate (EU) for 2012 reflects a decreasing of homes with that familiar blue glow inside. U.S. homes owning a television declined from 98.9 percent to 96.7. Not a free fall. Not a drastic drop. But a drop, nonetheless. A decline. A downward tick...
