In many homes, a television playing in the background is the soundtrack for everyday life. Some people habitually leave the TV on, even when no one is watching it. This habit could have unintended ...

As content floods the era of Peak TV, there's an alternate solution to keeping up with shows: Listening to some of the them in the background while you do other tasks. By Robyn Bahr One year ago, at 2 ...

Oct. 1, 2012 -- Most Americans love television. Even when we’re not engrossed in a show, TVs are often on as background noise while we cook, clean, eat, and even sleep. Now a new study published in ...

There was a time when watching TV meant sitting down, giving your full attention to a show, or excitedly dissecting it as it was happening with another person. Hell, we already talked about ...

In the new era of pay equity and harassment protections, few workers in the film and TV industry have less of either than background performers. SAG-AFTRA says that pre-pandemic, 15% of its 160,000 ...