1,762 channels and nothing on

Bruce Springsteen's 1992 track '57 Channels and Nothing On' painted a picture of a channel-surfing tv viewer unable to find anything to watch. Fourteen years later it's even worse: there are so many great programs out there, but with dozens of channels on any digital tv platform, it's becoming harder and harder for viewers to find what they want to watch.
April 1, 2006

Bruce Springsteen's 1992 track '57 Channels and Nothing On' painted a picture of a channel-surfing tv viewer unable to find anything to watch. Fourteen years later it's even worse: there are so many great programs out there, but with dozens of channels on any digital tv platform, it's becoming harder and harder for viewers to find what they want to watch.

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