I gave my TV away 8 years ago. I have not had a TV in the house since.
Those who still have a TV have not given it up, if it is on it is affecting you, it is programming you - you are still subconciously 'watching' it. Throw it out.
If you're interested here's my Blog on not having TV and the main benefits:
The idiot box - benefits of not having television
It was an Amway tape that first put the notion into my head to stop wasting time on TV, Newspapers and magazines, and only several years later that I realised taht these media socially program the masses.