The phrase "watching TV" has lost all meaning. If someone mindlessly flips channels all evening, watching hundreds of commercials and "whatever's on", I can se

The phrase "watching TV" has lost all meaning. If someone mindlessly flips channels all evening, watching hundreds of commercials and "whatever's on", I can see how that can be detrimental. For most of my life, that is what "watching TV" meant. I am amazed that anyone still does this. But if someone watches a handful of shows they have selected that suit their particular taste, and then watch those shows at the time of their choosing and without commercials, the downside seems minimal. They are still "watching TV", I suppose, but it seems like an altogether different activity.