In our house, after dinner, we read, make music, produce plays, engage in debates, create art. Our TV, the poor thing, gathers dust in the corner except to play videos we check out of the library which includes some great PBS educational stuff, as well as some hollywood stuff as appropriate. For instance, in our dinosuar unit, Jurrassic Park was a very interesting movie for my kids. They caught at least 4 factual errors in the film. It was fun.
Life is fun.
Especially when you are surrounded by kids.