Is your brain paying the price for your TV viewing habits? A growing body of research is ringing alarm bells over the link between dementia and our ever-increasing time on the sofa bingewatching 27 May 2021 • 2:29pm We've spent an average of 6.5 hours a day watching TV in lockdown, but now could be the time to wean yourself back off of it Credit: E+/stray_cat What’s going on with your TV watching lately? Are you glued to Line of Duty, with your finger poised and ready to hit the “next episode” button? Then join the party. Our TV viewing has skyrocketed this past year, to an average of 6.5 hours a day in lockdown, as it provided a few crumbs of comfort when everything else was cancelled. But now it could be time to finally time to wean yourself off.