Bill, I don't watch TV for a few reasons. Mostly today it's because I don't have one, but the reason I don't have one is that many years ago--about 15 or so--I really got bored when TV was on. The news seemed slanted, the shows seemed crappy, the humour wasn't, etc. The commercials drove me crazy with their bland 'use this product and your troubles on Earth are over' slant. And I just found myself more and more interested in other things when the TV was on.

I don't suggest that people who DO watch TV are dullards or anything like that. They must have brains that work differently than mine (avoid the temptation) and glean from TV stuff I don't. I know--when someone as intelligent as you can and does watch TV--that there must be good stuff on it. Me, well, I just can't be arsed to find it. So I read the news in papers and on the 'net. I do occasionally watch movies on a TV screen, but that's a different thing. Oh, and when the hockey playoffs were on I watched about 10 games at a restaurant I go to at times. But that's about it for me.