Thank you so much for sharing your incite into TV. It's a good reminder of how addictive the black box can be.

Something that really helped me to have the TV on less was to carefully consider its placement. When I started to arrange the furniture so that the TV was not the central focus it was easier to keep it off. In my old apt we had two couches facing each other with the TV on a shelf to the side. Right now we have a couch facing a big window with the TV off in a corner. It's nicer to look at the birds outside.