"The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching television is mildly depressed."

~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

from Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Yikes.

Bet you didn’t know that, did ya?

Lesson: Watch less TV. Engage in life more.

(Seriously. Put down the remote (after you clicked power “off”) and do something interesting. :))