dependency

I love TV (and movies!), and am always really impressed by those who don't. That's not to say that people who enjoy television are in any way inferior. It's simply a matter of taste. And with modern advances like DVR, a favorite sitcom really doesn't have to interfere with one's daily routine. It really is, or has at least become, a way of release, much like many other habitual things (like exercise, eating chocolate, calling your best friend), as well as even an appreciation for others' creativity or ingenuity or whatever.
Of course, too much tv-watching can turn out to be negative (to a debatable extent). But this really does hold true for anything: excessive exercise can make you too bulky; eating chocolate too often can make you chubby; and if you call your best friend with every little problem, there's no way you're gonna be able to convince her to keep in touch with you in college. We, as humans, have the tendency to depend on other things. We take comfort in the idea that Jessica or Rachel or our mothers or our chocolate stashes will always be there. But at some point we need to be able to take care of ourselves, or at least stop eating so much chocolate(and maybe letting Rachel get off the phone to finish her homework every so often).
But back to the intended topic of this assignment, TV really can't be that bad. There's no harm in spending occasional Sunday afternoons watching Gossip Girl or Glee or 90210 recordings (as long as we commit to promises we make to our fathers about never acting like Naomi Clark, despite how beautiful her hair and clothes might be).