Eating in Front of the TV? yay or nay
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (92120)
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?8 people like this
8 responses
@Marilynda1225 (92120)
• United States
3h
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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@snowy22315 (212790)
• United States
3h
It depends, sometimes yes and sometimes no. I liked those old TV dinners.
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@Marilynda1225 (92120)
• United States
3h
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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@AmbiePam (126814)
• United States
47m
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.
@FourWalls (87614)
• United States
3h
No, it’s more eat in front of the iPad now.
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@Juliaacv (57451)
• Canada
41m
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.
