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I Could Live Without Cable Tv

I read an article some years ago titled, "I killed that savage beast!" I cannot remember who wrote it since it was so long ago.
I was about a family man who, after being fed up with the time TV robbed from his family that he unplugged the thing and carried it to the trash heap. Then, he wanted to put it out of his family's misery, so took his double barrel shot gut and shot the thing to bits so no one else would fall victim to its evil influence.
From that point on, the family enjoyed the rest of their family time together. They always found other wonderful things to do together. Their changed their "favorite TV night" into eating their "TV dinners" by the radio.
TV is so consuming, people talk about shows as if they were reality TV. One Christian lady got so infatuated by a certain soap opera that she went to church one night and requested prayer for a character who was facing some form of surgery the next day (episode)!
I have not had TV for almost five years now and I don't miss it at all. I do watch youtube to help me sleep for a couple hours a day. I watch classic TV shows such a "The Andy Griffith Show" and other good moral shows and movies from the 70's (my era) and before. I am happier and more fulfilled without "that savage beast" in my life! The only thing I miss about it is keeping up with the news, even though most of it is "bad" news.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

I choose not to have a television of any sort; cable, wireless or internet.

Yes, I know I can watch on-line but I don't want to be caught, as I choose to buy have no TV Licence (essentially the subscription to the BBC - and remarkably cheap at about the cost of a pint of ale a week, considering the range and quality of TV and radio programmes it supports).

Our family had no TV until I was in my twenties, and then I used to watch it, but very selectively. Over time I watched it less and less, and when finally I bought my own home, had no great wish to buy a TV. I rely on the radio - one advantage being you can listen while doing something else - but again, quite selectively from a great range of programmes available. (Usually, I buy the [i]Radio Times[/i] to guide me - as far as I know it's the only listings magazine that gives any useful information on British radio programmes.)

UncleJlovesbrazil · 61-69, M

@ArishMell: Good for you. Since my divorce, I have not needed one in my place at all, neither do I miss it at all. I watch old shows on m.youtube.com on my phone and that keeps me entertained when I am home.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@spankemotk:

My 'phone is just that - a two-way communicator - but I've often wondered how you can watch a TV show or a film on a very small screen, even if it's one of these tablet things.