* One third of Americans say that TV "wouldn't be as pleasurable"
without it.

* 18 % of women and nine percent of men would rather give up
sex for a week than their remote control.

* Twice as many men lose the remote as women.

* 62 % spend at least five minutes a day looking for a lost remote
control.

* Twice as many men as women get to hold the remote while
watching television.