Watch less TV

If there were about a quarter of the number of television sets as there are now in America, TV could be the perfect thing to bring people together over a movie or a once-a-week show. but the reality is, by and large people watch in their bedrooms or stay up late watching something that they are no better off for having seen.
Plus, i know I'm one of them, but a lot of people refuse to talk through their favorite shows, making tv watching less of a community endeavor.
When it comes down to it, without tv i think we'd be better off.
And do you think TV contributes to obesity in America? or is it just a manifestation of the problem and not the source of it?

TV watching brings people together. That's not something to regret, because the intellectual discussion of TV shows can be just as enriching as discussing literature/music/art/whatever.

Just like literature/music/art is a window into the society that produced it, TV is also! We can learn a lot about our culture by paying attention to the themes and conflicts presented in TV shows, and we can learn a lot about each other through the shared experience of watching/discussing TV!

We could be taking action on all of the issues we support instead of wasting our time watching pointless TV shows.