In our family TV has been characterized as - “The spigot of filth.”
I agree there is alot of worthless junk on TV, but if one uses TV sparingly for deliberately viewing specific shows then there is enough decent stuff to make owning a TV worthwhile. If someone just plants himself in front of a TV for a whole evening hoping to find value he’ll likely just be wasting time.
I doubt that wife unit and I see more than 7 hours of tv each month together. I’ll also catch a few CNBC shows (Squawk Box, Kudlow, etc) without her so I probably see an extra 10 or 12 hours/month.