When I was little, I used to think there were people that lurked in the bushes to see what others were watching on TV and that that's where ratings came from.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought when a movie was unrated it meant it was so bad it exceeded all the ratings!— Oizys
- I used to believe that the credits at the end of a movie was a list of people in that were watching it.— jon_
- Atomatic toilets had people inside of them watching to see when you are done.Anon
- when i was about 5 or 6 i thought sombody was watching me on t.v like i was watching them. — leigha
- That God was always watching you, and if you were naughty he would kill you— Alex
- I used to believe that someone, somewhere in the world was watching me on their television.— Liz