A friend shared a cool report on fb about teen media use and online habits, and it got me thinking about one observation as a whole:
“Teens are NOT abandoning TV for new media: In fact, they watch more TV than ever, up 6% oveer the past five years in the U.S.”
Huh. Which kind of makes sense, actually. TV is an event, a social activity when you’re that age. Also, seeing a premiere of a tv show or video (do they make videos anymore?) means that you can IM your friends about it…OMG, did u c that? When you’re all watching at the same time.
And, let’s not forget that there’s a lot of teens that don’t have unfettered, unlimited access to the Internet, i.e. away from parents, that would allow them to either watch online (and in Canada…we’re not allowed to watch very much, sadly) or (sshh) download shows.
Lastly, on a personal note, I remember how much time I had when I was a teenager. I didn’t have to fit tv in…it was just a way of passing the time until I could move out of the parental home. 
Of course, we also only had, like 30 channels.