Yes, thatīs how it was until around ten years ago. No TV in July (there was only one TV station at the time) and no TV on Thursdays, either. Now there are several local stations, and cable stations too. So we donīt have a TV-free summer any more, unfortunately. I kind of miss that because it was so uniquely Icelandic. And when you have 24 hours of daylight, you tend not to want to watch too much TV anyway (just now, however, we only have 4-5 hours of daylight).
missmargie, that movie you saw was called Cold Fever and was in many ways a fairly accurate description of Iceland in wintertime. It is very sparsely populated and there are many places where you drive for hours without seeing any sign of life. And it can look pretty desolate, especially in winter. There are vast lava fields where nothing grows - did you know that American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and others, came to Iceland to practice walking on the moon? | 
