I think there are two boats on non-term television watchers: 1) those who abhor the thought of the mindlessly-consuming tube so much that they avoid it at the risk of being out of the loop, and 2) those who can disconnect from the grasp it holds on them for a reasonable period of time and not go insane.
I am in the latter portion of the pie, and, although on a lazy day I can watch upwards of 15 hours of television, there are days where I don't turn the thing on at all and pursue other interests. I'm not too invested in television anymore, since in this day and age, it is easy enough to schedule to watch one of your favorite series, documentaries, ongoing news updates through other venues, whether it be streaming, podcasting, or netflix.
In all, I'm more interested nowadays in archiving classic albums, following one link after another on Wikipedia, admiring yet another cool photography site, learning musical annotation, or listening to talk radio along the lines of Tom Leykis, Adam Corolla, and BO&D. That pretty much fills my day up, and if I really want to watch something that day, I maybe get 30 min. to an hour of devoted TV consumption within my allotment.
An aside:
I, however, in addition to attending a BBQ today, also participated in a
Band of Brothers marathon that aired on the
History Channel.
Sometimes its worth my while to submit; don't you think so?
