As TV slowly slides into oblivion:

TV viewers must have taken to the beach: It was the least-watched week in recorded history for the four biggest broadcast networks.

CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox averaged 20.8 million viewers during the average prime-time minute last week, according to Nielsen Media Research. That sunk below the previous record, set during the last week of July in 2005.

I bet they’re glad that mideast violence always picks up in the hot summer months to help generate some ratings. [via BoingBoing]