Television
(A few backdated posts about my early experiences in the US are due.)
I have a television at the apartment. I find it really hard to watch any tv. I have a strong bias that nothing is good on television here.
The last time I was here, I watched Fox News for 15 min and could not watch television for a month after that. 
CNN is better, but news channels here still lack the neutrality that I could find back in India. As it is, they play only US and Pakistan news. I like the food channel though. I haven’t started watching soaps and sitcoms yet. Need to figure out what channel they are on.
NPR on radio is much better. That’s the station my radio alarm is set to. Each morning I wake up to news about the presidential candidates – for instance how Hillary Clinton didn’t leave the waitress a tip.
I use television mostly as a way to keep me awake. On occasion, I’m really bored at the apartment. When I feel that I might fall asleep on the couch before dinner, I turn on the television so that the noise distracts my sleep.
This confirms my theory that I can live without television.
Me too !
I’m told that all the free channels are crappy and you have to subscribe to all the other awesome channels.