Smart T.V. a true oxymoron

I admit I am totally guilty of telling customers at work when they ask whats the difference between a smart t.v. and a regular one that the smart t.v.s only play PBS and the history channel.  Come on you would do it too if given the chance.  But it did get me thinking that television is much like the internet in that there is a vast expanse of information out there but you have to avoid the garbage and junk also screaming for your attention.  So I announced to my husband that I only want educational shows on the television in our bedroom. Hahahahaha.  I told him that didn't exclude the music channels that only play music, not videos and commercials.  So history channel,discovery,disc science,etc.  He didn't really argue too much since if he does watch anything it is history or military channel.  So it occured to me as I was playing one of two games I play online what is the difference between sucking out brain cells in front of the television or in front of the computer.  I do tend to get lost online when I go to look for one thing and the next thing I know I am looking at 6 different sites at once.  Then I had to make an exception for old movies.  Classic movies.  It was AMC running a string of Hitchcock movies that made me realize how unrealistic I was being.  And of course there is football on tonight.  So after three days this experiment is over.   I tried.  But I will not allow any housewives,moonshiners,rednecks(get enough of them at work) or any kind of dance or pagent moms
 on my t.v. so even though its not a smart t.v. it isn't STUPID either.  But really I am no entertainment snob I have guilty pleasure shows and movies just like else.  I have found that as I get older I just don't have the time or energy to devote to following these things.  Another thing that popped into my head on the drive home.  I used to have a crazy imagination.  I was a romantic and daydreamed all the time.  And now I don't have the time or energy for that crap either.  Has "real life" totally beat me down?  Am I doomed to a life of cynicism and no hope.  Maybe the fact that I am realizing this and questioning it is enough to prove I haven't fully succumbed to it.  There is a light I can reach for to escape this bleak exsistance.  One thing about me that has not changed over the years is my ability to realize when I have no idea what is going on(daily) and just accept that.  I never understood the appeal of the show Wife Swap.  Just the premise of the show alone tells you if you sign on to do that show you are going to spend two weeks in a world completely backwards from how you live.  Now I get it.  AHHA.  Escaping to the greener grass and realizing it is just as brown as yours but it's really about getting out of your element for that time.  Trying on someone elses shoes for a moment and for once that actually sounds smart now.  Okay enough thinking I have Vertigo on the DVR.