SLEEPLESS IN AMERICA: TV Program Guide

If there is one thing Americans can’t get enough of, it’s sleep. Americans are sleeping twenty percent less than their grandparents, and a national sleep foundation survey found that 49% of Americans – almost every other adult – has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. So, what happens when we sleep, how much do we need, and what can we do to stay asleep? If we finally do fall asleep why do we dream? And, what do our dreams tell us about ourselves? The NBC Nightly News series, “Sleepless in America” explores these questions. Below, a program guide:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD What happens when you sleep?

You spend a third of your life sleeping, but what do you know what’s happening while you’re doing it? NBC News’ Chief Science Correspondent, Bob Bazell, looks at the sleep cycle.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH Why can’t you get to sleep?

Thirty five percent of Americans suffer from some level of insomnia. NBC correspondent Fred Francis looks at the causes of this pervasive sleep disorder and at what’s being to find a cure.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH Daydreams

When your mind wanders off during the day and you start making little movies in your mind, what is going on? NBC correspondent Bob Dotson reports that our daydreams can reveal as much about us as our night-time counterparts.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH Dreams

Why do we dream, and what do our dreams mean? Do dreams give us insight into how to solve our problems or are they merely “b movies” that have no purpose? NBC correspondent Kelly O’Donnell looks at what sleep experts are saying about dreams.

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