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Entertainment Friday July 1991 Television viewing on downswing By DUNCAN CURRIE Statistics Canada Summer has returned again Time for weekends at the cot tage perhaps a game of golf and watching television Believe it or not Canadians spent an average of 4 hours a week watching television in 1989 according to Statistics Canada While that figure may seem high was the lowest weekly viewing average since 1979 In deed since the weekly television viewing average peaked in Canadians have gradually cut back their viewing time by almost an hour a week There is definitely a regional in television viewing It seems that westerners watch less television than easterners Residents of Quebec for exam pie reported the highest average viewing levels at 25 hours per week Newfoundlanders were not far behind at 5 hours a week The two most westerly provinces recorded the lowest average viewing hours with British Col umbians watching hours a week and watching 219 There is not only a disparity of television viewing by region but also by sex Women consistently watch more television than men do up to 6 hours more a week It is also evident that as we age we tend to spend more time in front of the television set Adolescents spend just over 18 hours a week watching television whereas people and older spend 34 hours a week watching television The most avid television wat chers in Canada are francophone Quebec women over 60 who log almost hours a week What are Canadians watching Again there is a regional dispart in television viewing habits While francophones tune into variety and game programming almost per cent of the time watch this type of programming 8 per cent of the time What are wat ching instead Comedy is one type of programming that consistently prefer and the western provinces con tain the nations most avid sports watchers Canadas most informed televi sion watchers are found in New foundland who spend over per cent of their television viewing time tuned into news and public affairs programs Albertans watch the least amount of news and public affairs programs tuning in during only per cent of their viewing time The one television viewing trait that all Canadians share is their love of drama Drama is the most popular type of program in every province with audience shares ranging from 26 per cent in Manitoba to 31 per cent in Prince Edward Island It is evident by these statistics that television plays an impor tant though slightly diminishing role in the lives of Canadians It will be interesting to see whether 1990 statistics on television view ing will reveal a continuing trend of Canadians turning away from this popular medium A question that springs to mind is what are Canadians doing with all that ex tra time Juried art exhibition open to the public The opening of the annual Insights art exhibition will be held on Wednesday July 31 from 810 m at the Wellington County Museum and Archives located on County Road 18 bet ween Elora and Fergus Artists and the public are invited to attend DON LET THE BED BUGS BITE Come one come all to witness Hills rising stars The Hills Recreations and Parks Department Children Theatre Camp will present Don t Let the Bed Bugs Bite on July 18at7 m Tickets are and available at the door The play is located at the John Elliott Theatre Don miss this great opportunity to discover what actually lives breathes and moves below our beds Any questions please call ext 270 this gala event featuring enter tamment refreshments and the presentation of prizes and awards The top three juried prizes and 15 awards will be presented at 9 p m This year the jurors are John artist and quiltmaker Mdry Misener DirectorCurator of the Cam bridge Public Art Gallery and Elton artist and professor of Fine Art at the University of Guelph Insights is sponsored by the Elora Arts Council in association with the Wellington County Museum and Archives and is funded by a grant from the Ministry of Cultue and Com and the Ontario Arts Council The exhibition runs from August to September at the Wellington County Museum and Archives Elton Yerex will con duct a tour of the exhibition for the public on August 6 at p The exhibition will consist of to 70 works of art selected by the jury in ceramics glass draw ing fibre metal painting photography prints sculpture and video Many works wiJl be available for sale The artists contributing to Insights live in the counties or regions of Wellington Waterloo Halton Duffenn Bruce and Grey The exhibition is open from 30 Monday to Friday and from on Saturday and Sunday For more information call Say I saw it in The Herald 26 Guelph St Georgetown 8779896 77 Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 MAIN ST MILTON 8780050 The Newf Store HO SPECIALS THIS WEEK FRESH SEA FOOD A HEALTHY CHOICE MOORE PARK PLAZA 74CMainSt N Georgetown CR0SSWAYS Small IIS St St HAYDNS MUSIC SHOP Kawsi Pianos Lowrey Keyboards Music Books Music Lessons INCREDIBLE SAVINGS ON BRAND NAME FURNISHINGS AT WHOLESALE PRICES Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers Behind Guelph Auto Mall Guelph Maksim Coffee Shop Now Open llam3pm VIDEO PLUS Wait Georgetown Fruit Market COMING THIS WEEK JUST FOE YOUl Misery Once Around Not Without My Daughter St Units n Ontino GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 IEEH3EH NOW PLAYING Evenings at 630 915 pm Dally Matinee at 200 pm IF YOU ONLY SEE ONE MOVIE THIS YEAR sunn sit in amor frank is ink tttstlsaptlt Evenings at 5 pm IM Daily Matinee at pm WARNING MAY OFFEND NOW PLAYING Evenings at 101 m WARNING COARSE LANGUAGE BRUTAL VIOLENCE AND FRIGHTENING SCENES STARTING FRIDAY Daily Matinees at 200 pm Evenings at pm PLEASE NOTE On Friday because of the oclock show in Cinema 3 TERMINATOR II will start at 730 pm pm BOX OFFICE OPENS AT PM AdulU 14 Over 700 Children Sr Citizens it Special Nights