I stopped watching TV in early 2008. My TV sat for over six months without being turned on. I didn't download, buy, or watch television content online either.

I stopped watching TV in early 2008. My TV sat for over six months without being turned on. I didn't download, buy, or watch television content online either. My first return back to TV was so I could watch coverage of the DNC and RNC during the election. Late that fall / early winter, I started meeting friends in sports bars to watch KU football and basketball games. After I stopped watching television, I found that I no longer want to be invested in series programming. Shows that I had watched for years, I stopped watching and I have not picked back up (House was one of my favorites). There are several series that I keep getting told that I should watch (Lost, Heroes, ...) but I just seem them as big chunks of wasted time now. In 2009 I returned to watching TV but I find that I turn on channels like Adult Swim at night and it's more background noise while I'm online.