I live without a TV, but not out of virtue -- I am an addict, andif I had one, I would do nothing else. Turn one on around me and I will watch anything.
Still, I think the funniest thing I hear is people talking about all the good things that are on, none of which they watch -- they will say if pressed that they go home and just sit and watch anything, they are so beat. And how this, that, or the other thing was on the news, and how can I find out what is going on without one. I can truthfully say that by the time something appears on television it is very superficial old news (unless it is an assassination, and one can usually live long enough to read all about it in the morning paper). What you miss out on are all the inreferences, but it is a small price to pay -- people think you are crazy anyway.
yours, Peter T.