"Real-life TV"? ....rant.....rant....? You may be interested to know, that my family hasn't had TV (other than the occasional rented movie) in our home since last November. I convinced them to give the experiment a try and we all agree it was one of the smartest things we ever did.
Marc, I caught the above in your post. Hurrah! a fellow traveler.
A year and a half ago my wife and I got so disgusted with the trash that came from the TV we canceled the cable. We have not seen TV programming since. We have not missed it one bit.
Ed S