I found this article entitled “Down the Tube: the Sad Stats On Happiness, Money, and TV” a good read. Read it soon for free, or WSJ will make you pay exorbitant rates to read it.

Best quote:

There’s been a significant increase in the hours devoted to what the authors call “neutral downtime,” which is mostly watching television. Women now spend 15% of their waking hours staring at the tube, while men devote 17%.