THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 31, 1995              TAG: 9601030106
SECTION: REAL LIFE                PAGE: K1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY KERRY DOUGHERTY, STAFF WRITER
                                             LENGTH: Short :   44 lines

PULLING THE PLUG FOUR AREA HOUSEHOLDS WILL TRY TO DO WITHOUT TV DURING JANUARY. THAT MEANS NO SUPER BOWL, NO ``E.R.,'' NO ``SEINFELD.'' AND DID WE MENTION NO SUPER BOWL?

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photos

HUY NGUYEN/The Virginian-Pilot

THE O'MALLEYS

BELOW: The Chesapeake family wants to trade Jerry Seinfeld and John

Madden for Shakespeare and Winnie the Pooh. Clockwise from top are

Patrick, Deborah, Caitlin and Megan.

JIM WALKER/The Virginian-Pilot

THE FERGUSONS

RIGHT: The South Mills, N.C., family often leaves the TV on - even

when no one's watching. From left are Susan, Casey, Ken and Dylan.

TAMARA VONINSKI/The Virginian-Pilot

MAGGIE ROBERTSON

LEFT: The Virginia Beach widow and great-grandmother wants to break

her dependence on television for company. She already has some ideas

about how to fill the hours.

THE MILLERS

ABOVE: Jermaine, of Norfolk, frequently uses television as a baby

sitter for her son Kyle, a Saturday-morning cartoon fan who has a TV

set in his bedroom. ``I guess I'll be having some early Saturday

mornings,'' Jermaine says.

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