Eating in Front of the TV? yay or nay
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (92122)
United States
September 10, 2026 9:27am CST
Happy Thursday Everyone! a sunny morning here in my little corner of the myLot world. Of course there's a chance of rain or thunderstorm later in the day but that just seems like every day lately. The good news is it's a bit cooler so I was able to turn off the a/c for awhile. I'm sure my electric meter was happy to stop spinning 
While watching my morning tv talk show they were talking about eating in front of the tv and the birth of tv dinners by Swanson. They were showing commercials where they just popped these tv dinners in the oven and when ready peeled back the foil covering and ate it right out of the tin is cooked in. The price back then was only 99 cents!!
I do remember those old tv dinners and probably had them at some point.
Funny watching the commercial since frozen meals have come a long, long way since then.
Just the thought of having to cook a frozen dinner in the oven makes anything that is microwaveable easy peasy.
It certainly was a blast from the past seeing those old commercials and yes, I'm old enough to remember them.
I'm still a fan of eating dinner in front of the tv 
Do you eat in front of the tv or do you sit at the table and enjoy your meal?
While watching my morning tv talk show they were talking about eating in front of the tv and the birth of tv dinners by Swanson. They were showing commercials where they just popped these tv dinners in the oven and when ready peeled back the foil covering and ate it right out of the tin is cooked in. The price back then was only 99 cents!!
I do remember those old tv dinners and probably had them at some point.
Funny watching the commercial since frozen meals have come a long, long way since then.
Just the thought of having to cook a frozen dinner in the oven makes anything that is microwaveable easy peasy.
It certainly was a blast from the past seeing those old commercials and yes, I'm old enough to remember them.
I'm still a fan of eating dinner in front of the tv
Do you eat in front of the tv or do you sit at the table and enjoy your meal?16 people like this
16 responses
@Marilynda1225 (92122)
• United States
7h
You do have a point about tending to eat more when you're in front of the tv.
I make my plate in the kitchen so whatever I have is all I have. I'm too lazy to get back up for more
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@AmbiePam (126837)
• United States
4h
I don’t have a kitchen or dining room table, so I always eat in front of the TV. There is just no room for a table. I don’t mind much; though on the rare occasion I have company for dinner I miss having a table.
My city was supposed to finally get rain today, but we only got a few drops. I’m hoping more is to come.
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@AmbiePam (126837)
• United States
51m
@Marilynda1225 How did I not realize you were a General Hospital fan all this time?! I could have been talking to you about Sonny and Jason!
@Marilynda1225 (92122)
• United States
1h
I have a nice dining room for company but I love relaxing in front of the tv and enjoying my dinner. Im all settled in my recliner, a good dinner and General Hospital. That's our routine. I do miss 25 Words or Less which we used to watch at lunch time
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@snowy22315 (212788)
• United States
7h
It depends, sometimes yes and sometimes no. I liked those old TV dinners.
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@Marilynda1225 (92122)
• United States
7h
It was really funny seeing those old Swanson tv dinners. I still buy frozen meals occasionally like Smart Ones, Healthy Choice or Stouffers.
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@celticeagle (193451)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
Remember tv trays? The days of all the family setting at the table with no tv and just talking and eating are long gone.
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@Marilynda1225 (92122)
• United States
1h
I do remember those tv trays!! I even can go back far enough that many times my kids and I ate in front of the tv after I got divorced. We had family dinners just not in the kitchen
@FourWalls (87627)
• United States
7h
No, it’s more eat in front of the iPad now.
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@wolfgirl569 (140311)
• Marion, Ohio
2h
We have the dining table in the family room
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@toniganzon (80676)
• Philippines
Just now
When we were kids, our parents never allowed us to watch tv while having dinner. It is simply a no no.
But it was different when I became a parent myself. We all watched tv while eating.
@rebelann (118665)
• El Paso, Texas
2h
The funny thing is that $1 in 1972 would be $7.99 today ..... What year were you referring to?
@jstory07 (149727)
• Roseburg, Oregon
Just now
Once a week when I was a kid we had a TV dinner. We really enjoyed them.
@Juliaacv (57392)
• Canada
4h
My mother used to buy them for my brothers and I when they were going out to a dinner dance.
This was before she had a microwave.
Shortly after that, she would grill up extra burgers and wrap them individually in tin foil and we could pop one into the toaster oven, then finally she got a microwave, and all of that was out the window.
These days on occasion, I do not mind eating some things on the couch, only a slice of pizza or something like that though, nothing requiring utensils.
@RasmaSandra (100746)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1h
I eat all my meals by the side of my PC while I either play some backgammon or keep writing,
