Are People Watching Less TV?

An Article at The Rocky Mountain News talks about TV's over all slip in ratings.
The Dead Zone and Monk's Christmas Specials get a mention!

CABLE LINES: Lifetime will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Golden Girls on Nov. 11 with an 11-hour marathon (10 a.m.-9 p.m.) of 20 episodes of the NBC series that starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.

• Cable networks often display more flexibility than their traditional commercial brethren. Although Monk and The Dead Zone are not currently on the USA schedule, producers of both series are premiering special holiday episodes to be aired over the Thanksgiving weekend.

On Nov. 25, Monk will offer an episode set during the Christmas season in San Francisco dealing with a murderer who uses poison in a bottle of wine to do his dirty deed.

The Dead Zone (Nov. 27) has a far-out episode story about a missing and confused Santa Claus