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minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days ago when a significant proportion of the country put their kettles on to make tea. Do you have a source for this? Because that’s amazing.
minus-squareratel@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoThis is known as TV pickup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup
minus-squareTroublesomeTalker@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoIt didn’t used to be just big stuff like football. Because broadcast TV here was both popular and only a handful of channels, it used to be something that happened during every episode of EastEnders or Coronation Street.
Do you have a source for this? Because that’s amazing.
This is known as TV pickup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup
Glorious.
It didn’t used to be just big stuff like football. Because broadcast TV here was both popular and only a handful of channels, it used to be something that happened during every episode of EastEnders or Coronation Street.