[potatopatch]

While the cause of the initial depression may be something else, shutting off the TV may be the most viable cure for a long time depression where TV is the default activity. With enough entertainment there's not enough motivation to do less entertaining things that are ultimately less depressing because they are challenging.

[radicaldreamer]

Shutting off the TV is likely a cure to all kinds of mental conditions

[iammjm]

I don’t own a TV and am nonetheless somewhat depressed. I think TV is not any worse than other passive activities, such as watching YouTube, browsing news, scrolling Instagram, playing games, online shopping, … (and I don’t mean from time to time, but hours upon hours every day)

[jacobr1]

yeah, we should generalize "tv" here to broader "screen-time"

[kobenni]

Maybe we should even generalize further to "mentally-passive sedentary activities".

[s1artibartfast]

Indeed. TV is just one of many possible negative passive addictions.