I went TV-free for about 2 years before moving in with my fiancee. She's a tech geek and a movie fanatic so we have 2 televisions, and I've become re-addicted to the ambient noise of the TV. There are few shows I watch (as in, actually pay attention to) but I find that I'll turn it on just for the noise if I'm home doing chores. Urgh. It's like knowing there's an open bottle of liquor on the shelf... It's just sitting there, waiting to fulfill its purpose. TV's not gonna watch itself... Somebody's gotta turn it on. It's a difficult call to resist when it's right there; but seriously, when I didn't own a television I didn't miss it after the first few weeks.