TV is addictive because it requires nothing of us . We consider television to be an amusement. When we plop in front of the tube we often disengage our brains. TV is addictive because it focuses our attention . Television trains us not to carry on conversations, read or do anything else for fear that we might miss something important.
TV is addictive because it provides a temporary escape .
Through the actors on the screen we, if only for a few minutes, escape our boredom, pain and frustrations. We vicariously live out adventures and fantasies. TV is addictive because it's easy . We simply turn it on. It does the rest.