1.   Anyone needing confirmation just has to watch the tube.

2.   County Supervisor Tom Rawles also will be watching the tube.

3.   Even if consumers are willing to spend that much money to watch the tube, things will be pretty fuzzy at Projectavision.

4.   Most of us watch the tube alone or with a family member or two.

5.   The auction site is in talks with major networks to produce a series allowing viewers to buy artwork, cars, jewelry and other items while watching the tube.

6.   The ratings apparently reflect how viewers are gravitating toward the comforting and familiar these days and watching the tube with other family members.

7.   Worse yet, more and more children spend hours behind locked doors watching the tube while their parents work.

8.   One of the big-eyed birds loves TV so much he built a nest in a house just so he can watch the tube.