According to Tivo the top 10 TV moments of 2006 were

1. Katie Couric’s last day on “Today”
2. Mel Gibson’s interview with Diane Sawyer after his DWI arrest
3. Oprah tells author James Frey he betrayed readers
4. Sara and Grissom get together on “CSI”
5. Faith Hill’s reaction to Carrie Underwood’s win at “CMA Awards”
6. Kirstie Alley’s bikini reveal on “Oprah”
7. “Will & Grace” series finale in which their kids start dating
8. Kate and Sawyer get together on “Lost”
9. Rosie O’Donnell’s debut on “The View”
10. Connie Chung attempting a sultry serenade of Maury Povich

Technorati Tags: tivo, television, tv, top 10

• Talk in Class Turns to God, Setting Off Public Debate on Rights – New York Times
  Before David Paszkiewicz got to teach his accelerated 11th-grade history class about the United States Constitution this fall, he was accused of violating it.
  (tags: youth culture school science evolution)

• Teen rebellion – a Western export? [BBC NEWS]
  In the second of a series about young people around the world as part of the BBC’s Generation Next season, the BBC’s Robin Lustig asks if teenage rebellion is a natural phenomenon or nurtured by Western pop culture.
  (tags: youth culture music media)

• Teen Web posts are rich source for police work [newsobserver.com]
  When police went to search a Wilmington rental house for stolen Playstation 3 consoles last week, they brought heavily armed deputies because a picture on the Internet had made them think the college students inside might be armed.
  (tags: youth culture myspace blogs internet meida)

• Instant messaging gap [Kansas City Star]
  A poll found that one in five teenagers send more than 100 instant messages a day.
  (tags: youth culture instant_messenger cell_phone)

• Teenie Shoppers Make Big Buys [destinationCRM.com]
  As online shopping among teenagers continues to grow, retailers must focus on teens’ relationship to technology and family to reap the most from this market, according to a new report.
  (tags: youth culture marketing)

• Are Hollywood’s Bad Girls a Bad Influence on Teens? [ABC News]
  Parents Should Take Advantage of Teachable Moments, Expert Says
  (tags: youth culture media parents)

• A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America [churchrelevance.com]
  In 2002, Child Trends released a report called Charting Parenthood (PDF) that takes a statistical look at fathers and mothers in America. Some interesting highlights include:
  (tags: youth culture parents)

• Britney Spears tops Yahoo’s searches [Yahoo! News]
  Bereft of any new music to promote, Britney Spears was nevertheless the hottest thing on the Internet this year, judging from Yahoo’s annual list of popular search terms.
  (tags: youth culture music media internet)

• Teens who smoke more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, study suggests [CBC]
  Young people who smoke are much more likely than their non-smoking peers to drink and abuse alcohol, and to use marijuana and other illicit substances, says a report issued Wednesday by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
  (tags: youth culture smoking drugs alcohol drinking addiction)

• 2006 Video Game Report Card [MediaWise]
  This MediaWise Video Game Report Card is the eleventh issued by the National
  Institute on Media and the Family, an independent, non-partisan, non-sectarian,
  nonprofit organization. The MediaWise Video Game Report Card provides a snapshot
  of the interac
  (tags: youth culture video_games media)

• A Virtual Chalkboard For Budding NFL Fans [washingtonpost.com]
  This is a phenomenon the National Football League never could have anticipated. In a world in which 53 million copies of the game have been sold in the last 17 years — the latest version sold an unprecedented two million copies in its first weekend of re
  (tags: youth culture video_games sports games)

• Grammy nominations in key categories [USATODAY.com]
  See which music makers are up for Grammy’s biggest accolades:
  (tags: youth culture music media)

• New Poll Shows Parents Afraid of Talking to Their Teens; Avoid Tough Topics, Especially Drug Use [Yahoo! Finance]
  White House Urges Parents to Sharpen Conversation Skills, Monitor Teens’ Activities
  (tags: youth culture drugs drinking addiction)

• OMG! Teens Use IM More Than E-Mail 🙂 [InformationWeek]
  Thirty-six percent of teen girls said they can’t imagine life without IM while just 23 percent of boys felt the same way.
  (tags: youth culture text_messaging email)

• YouTube, iPods, Virtual Actors, 3-D — What Is The Future Of Film? [MTV]
  New filmmakers bust down doors to Hollywood, launch movies on the tiny screen. What’s next?
  (tags: youth culture movies YouTube internet media video)

• Teens and media: a full-time job [CNET News.com]
  According to a study released this week, Americans aged 13 to 18 spend more than 72 hours a week using electronic media–defined as the Internet, cell phones, television, music and video games. Because teens are known for multitasking, their usage of devi
  (tags: youth culture media internet cell_phone television music video_games)

• acebook still the cool place for college kids to hang out [Profectio]
  Josh Weil, Principal with Youth Trends, LLC passed along results from their recent Gen Y’s Pop Culture “Pulse” which tracks the consumption habits of 13 through 19 year olds across the United States.
  (tags: youth culture facebook blogs internet college)

• Parents Tongue-Tied When It Comes To Talking With Teens [The Huffington Post]
  For all of the trend reporting in the media that paints a picture of Generation Y or the Millennials as being buddies with mom and dad, it appears that when it comes to a key component of having a close relationship to your teens, i.e. talking to them abo
  (tags: youth culture parents)

• Leveraging Ringback Tone’s Coolness [Xellular Identity]
  When we ask ringback tones users why they like the service, the most frequent answer by far is because “it’s cool”. So, I tried to understand what “cool” is and how operators can leverage this quality.
  (tags: youth culture cell_phone music media)

• David Letterman Signs Contract to Stay on Air Until at Least 2010 [FOXNews.com]
  CBS Corp. announced Monday that the late-night funnyman has signed a contract to stay on the air until at least 2010. It was widely reported in September that Letterman had agreed to the deal.
  (tags: youth culture television)

• Panty-Free Britney, Quick-Divorce Pam: Why Do Stars Make Bad Choices? [MTV News]
  Experts weigh in with explanations like alcohol, poor self-regulation, maintaining brands and just plain bad judgment.
  (tags: youth culture celebrities)

• Getting the ‘Story’ straight [Think Christian]
  I just saw The Nativity Story and both loved it and loathed it.
  (tags: youth culture movies)

• What’s real hot [Media Life Magazine]
  Except among kids. For those ages 2-11, reality remains the hottest thing on TV, occupying the top five spots in that demo on broadcast this season.
  (tags: youth culture television media)

• More teens are abusing over-the-counter drugs [Houston Chronicle]
  Teen use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to get a cheap high — a practice known as “robotripping” — is rising 50 percent a year and becoming one of the fastest growing drug abuse problems in the U.S., according to a study released Monday.
  (tags: youth culture drugs addiction)

• Most teens careful on MySpace [The Detroit News Online]
  Study shows majority are cautious on profiles, but some add too much personal information.
  (tags: youth culture myspace blogs internet)

• The 2006 Billboard Music Award Winners [Billboard]
  Below are the winners of the 2006 Billboard Music Awards handed out Dec. 4 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast live on Fox.
  (tags: youth culture music)

• MySpace to Try to Block Sex Offenders From Site [FOXNews.com]
  MySpace, the popular online hangout that has drawn complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens, said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders.
  (tags: youth culture myspace blogs internet)

• Teen survey results can help parents approach difficult topics
  Though the state’s 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates that risky teen behavior is on the decline, it does not mean that adults should cease their efforts on the prevention of suicide, teen drug/alcohol abuse or premarital sex and just hope that thi
  (tags: youth culture parents)

• Putting Limits on Teen Drivers [TIME]
  States are getting tough on kids behind the wheel. But many parents are reluctant to curb their children
  (tags: youth culture driving)

• One Spoonful at a Time [New York Times]
  A mother’s story of helping her daughter overcome anorexia
  (tags: youth culture eating_disorder anorexia)

• Meth epidemic spreading East [MSNBC.com]
  Methamphetamine use is increasing along the East Coast after years of largely being confined to rural areas west of the Mississippi River, a government report shows.
  (tags: youth culture drugs addiction)

• Group cites video games for violence, sex [USATODAY.com]
  A chainsaw-wielding killer and blood-splattered shooting rampages are featured in some of the 10 video games that a media watchdog group says should be avoided by kids and teens.
  (tags: youth culture video_games violence)

• Teens avoid pregnancy, but not sex [New York Daily News]
  Teen pregnancy rates are on the decline because more kids are using effective contraception – not because they’re refraining from sex, researchers said yesterday.
  (tags: youth culture sex)

• Teen Pranksters Find Out The Joke Is On Them – News [WHIOTV.com]
  Three Columbus teenagers playing pranks find out what they were doing is no laughing matter. Police say the three were throwing eggs at passing cars. One car they hit followed the teens and the driver began shooting at the teens. A 14 year old was hit and
  (tags: youth culture violence)

• Top 10 Signs Parents Need to Talk to Kids About Money [PRWeb]
  Money Savvy Generation offers parents ideas to tame the “spend it all and more” syndrome. Parents will talk to their children about safe sex, the dangers of drugs and alcohol, but they won’t teach them how to handle money. These 10 signs can help parents
  (tags: youth culture money parents)

• Google Trying to Woo Schoolkids With Free Web Applications [FOXNews.com]
  Google Inc., (GOOG) a company synonymous with searching the Internet, hopes to define far more of the world’s computing experience with a helping hand from schoolchildren.
  (tags: youth culture school software)

• Researchers Find Most Teens Limit Personal Information [US Newswire]
  A majority of teenagers are responsible when using the online social networking site MySpace, but some do share personal information that could put them at risk, a first-of-its-kind analysis of teenagers’ MySpace profiles found
  (tags: youth culture myspace blogs internet media)

• Study: More California teens abusing cough suppressant[MercuryNews.com]
  Kids call it robo-tripping or skittling — downing high doses of cough syrup or pills to get high off dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant commonly found in over-the-counter medicines.
  (tags: youth culture drugs)

• Parents Use Text Messaging to Keep Tabs on Kids [FOXNews.com]
  More and more parents are using text messaging, available on most cell phones, in lieu of phone calls to find out where their children are — and when they might be coming home.
  (tags: youth culture text_messaging parents)

TeenSpot has released a survey of what teenagers want this Christmas.

Girls
1) iPod
2) Cell phone
3) Laptop
4) Digital Camera

Guys
1) Playstation 3
3) Xbox 360
4) Nintendo Wii

• The Secret World of Lonelygirl [Wired]
  How a 19-year-old actress and a few struggling Web filmmakers took on TV. A Wired exclusive.
  (tags: youth culture youtube video)

• Why Teenagers Do Stupid Things [MSNBC.com]
  This is not a good thing. While we tend in our culture to celebrate reason and careful, deliberative decision making, some psychologists are now arguing that the opposite value sometimes holds.
  (tags: youth culture)

• Teens and Risk-Taking [Boundless Line]
  In “Go Ahead, I Dare You,” Newsweek columnist Wray Herbert presents new scientific research on why teenagers do stupid things.
  (tags: youth culture)

• AXE Helps Guys Hook Up For Thanksgiving Eve [MediaPost Publications]
  AXE DEODORANT SET UP THE 888-AXE-ADVICE hotline dedicated to helping guys hook up with hometown honeys on Thanksgiving Eve, which it’s dubbing “Hometown Hump Day” in a new promotion. Dispensing the advice is Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s TV
  (tags: youth culture marketing)

• Teens Reportedly Have Sex In Local Cinemas [NBC10.com]
  If you’re a parent with teenage kids, you may assume when you drop them off at the movie theater they are there to watch a movie.
  (tags: youth culture sex movies)

• 10 surprising things you need to know about today’s youth culture [pastors.com]
  One large component of today’s world that’s largely ignored or misunderstood by those of us in ministry is the unique world of our children and teens. Youth culture is the soup they swim in every day.
  (tags: youth culture)

• For kids, is 10 the new 15? [MSNBC.com]
  From dating to cellphones, music to makeup, behavior shifting earlier
  (tags: youth culture)