> But if most people have hours of free time every day, it seems hard to believe that schedules don’t line up at least several times per month. One of the main

> But if most people have hours of free time every day, it seems hard to believe that schedules don’t line up at least several times per month. One of the main points of the article is that many people don't know their schedules in advance. So even if schedules do line up, they may not know in enough time to schedule something. TV watching is also a done-in-the-margins activity. The tv exists in the same place they sleep and eat. I don't see anything to reconcile.