TVSquad

Yup, it's that time of year again, the week when we're supposed to shut off our TVs (and computers, I assume) and go outside and get some fresh air, maybe eat a salad.

I mention this every year, and it has gotten to the point where it would be ridiculous to give the opposing viewpoints yet again (but you can read them here and here). Suffice to say, we think you should leave your TV on this week (and in September - there's a TV Turn-Off Week then, too - when the new fall season starts!). If you don't, you're going to miss some cool stuff.

What I think we should do this week is this: watch as much television as humanly possible. Watch so much TV that we make up for all of the people that actually are going to participate in TV Turn-Off Week. Get up at 6AM every day this week and turn on your television and don't shut it off until after midnight. Better yet, turn on your TV early in the morning today, and then don't shut it off at all until next Sunday night. Get online and go to TV blogs like this one and read stuff. Comment on posts. Call your friends and family and tell them to watch TV, too. Get your kids and demand that they stop reading books and playing outside and tell them to watch as much TV as possible, including the commercials (especially the commercials). If your cable goes out for some reason, grab some TV DVDs and watch them all day and night.

For dinner every night this week? TV dinners, of course.