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Article: IS A JULY 4 FREE OF TV UN-AMERICAN?(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 3, 1997
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Byline: Lynn Elber Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- If you want to do something really revolutionary this July Fourth weekend, watch television.
You'll practically be carrying the flag alone: The holiday weekend is traditionally one of the lowest-rated viewing periods of the year, with only Labor Day offering serious competition.
It takes something as flashy as fireworks and seductive as summer to lure Americans outside and away from their TVs. There are, however, fellow citizens who have trouble loosening their grip on the remote.
For them, we offer the following two-step program (hey, how far can you make a couch potato walk?). The ...