Families are spending more time together because they can easily record their favourite TV programmes on new-tech boxes.
It had become normal for families to organise their TV viewing around the schedules - and the TV dinner was born.
Shows like Saturday Night at the Palladium and Only Fools and Horses were appointment viewing for a raptured nation.
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recent years technology has evolved to allow viewers to decide when they watch their favourite shows, which has had an impact on family life.
A fifth of Brits say they spend more time eating as a family around the kitchen table since they've been able to record programmes, according to a survey by Microsoft Mediaroom.
What's more, nearly one in three of those surveyed reported fewer arguments about what to watch.
It seems we're no longer slaves to the schedule. In fact just one in three people said they organised their lives around what's on TV and only one in eight said they would turn down a night out if it clashed with their favourite show.
Live TV isn't going to fade away any time soon though. Despite supposedly being the most tech-savvy generation, young adults aged between 16 and 24 still prefer to watch their favourite shows live - a fact partly attributed to the interactive nature of reality television.
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