kill your television

yes, i've officially rid my home of television and withdraw is kicking in right now, it's 8pm here and i'm missing some mindless version of baywatch, but it takes place in the mountains, called "the mountain" i think.

anyone else NOT own a TV or owns a TV but NEVER turns it on or even better anyone recently GET OFF TV entirely???

I don't own a TV, although my roommate at school has one. I don't watch it and it's mostly just background noise. Except when he watches Fear Factor - I just make sure I'm not eating dinner.

Could manage if it wasn't for Seinfeld re-runs/Simpsons/Chappelle's Show/Fresh Prince of Bel Air re-runs on Nick at Nite

Other than that, it's all shite.

I own a TV. A broken TV. When I moved to my apartment 3 years ago, I didn't have the money for cable, being a starving student and all, so I haven't watched TV since. Then, sometime within the last year I discovered that one of the TV connections in my living room-- the connection I thought was for cable-- is actually for the antenna on the roof of my building. So I could have been watching TV all along. But... I didn't have the money to buy a cable to connect to the antenna at the time, being a starving student and all... and besides, the TV is in my bedroom now, because I was still able to watch videos (my Italian film collection, so I could practice listening to the language-- and that's my only video collection)... so I still didn't connect my TV. And then, there was a small explosion, and the color now makes a bullseye pattern of different colors... and then there was a small explosion, and the sound went out...

When I hear people discuss TV shows, I have no idea what they're talking about. And I don't even care; it seems less and less relevant as time goes by-- just an enormous waste of time to sit and stare blankly, night after night.

I really have not watched tv since I got internet. I will rent or purchase dvds but I seldom watch tv otherwise. Usually too lazy for South park, Reno and Chappel and the Simpsons are on during my online game time. My children usually hijack the set for Cartoon Network ect anyway.

As any good college student, I watch way too much tv for my own good. Sports games, ESPN commentary, Food network, dribble on CNN/FOX News/MSNBC/PBS, music on TV even if it's crap, Comedy Central for South Park/Chappelle's show/the awesome lineup for Saturday morning (Critic, Duckman and Dilbert), TBS for loads of reruns for loads of shows, and even Lifetime for Golden Girls reruns.

Good on you for NOT watching TV.I am almost completely TV viewingless NOW.I still turn in for the BBC 2 TV NEWS at 22:30 and watch PADDY/MAX and JOOLS.Apart from that and the odd documentary i don't bother.Meanwhile i watch DVD's sent by DIGITAL MIKE and brilliant videos compilations sent by SHUGZV.Also have TIME to play my vast collection of other than NEW ORDER music and READ.It is very difficult at first to give TV up because it is almost HABIT FORMING.But must admit i don't feel as dull or sad now. ROCKET MICK TV CRITICAL

Uf, I'm glad to see most people here left TV. I thought I was becoming alienated.

I work all day* and have to study when I back home, so TV is background noise for me, and only when I'm not listening to music and seeing videos in the comp**. I have cable and the only channels I can watch knowing they're not sending me radio waves of pure crap are the Discovery/People&Arts genre.

*I'm a public employee, so "work" is just expression. **playing now: I ran, Flock of Seagulls :barf:

this is the FIRST evening home after work with no tv, usually would scratch up some dinner and plop in front of the evening NEWS which would eventually run into a rerun of friends and then god forbid another rerun of friends. BUT NO, I whipped some T-day leftovers and listened to some NPR and fancy west coast jazz and read one of the many magazines that's been piling up and now I'm going to the home improvement palace to get some PAINT to finally start jazzing up the place so i can sell it for lots of money and move to somewhere to go back to school or find a better job and live happily ever after. just like that. and it all started with getting rid of the tv.:happytongue:

My sky box broke on sunday, missed the celtic game against dundee which wasnt to bad as we drew 2-2, but apart from that its a disaster, missing loads of stuff, the guys coming out to fix it tomorrow thank god

Couldnt live without the TV! Football-i usually watch in the pub with my mates,films on dvd or at cinema. News,i read the papers. Reality programmes-shite. In fact i could live without TV!

video killed a radio star