The first step is admitting you have a problem - a television addiction problem. It's the summer and whether you're on school break or have a full-time job you should be taking advantage of the weather and enjoying the beach. Yet day after day and night after night you find yourself parked on the couch switching back and forth between watching Jillian Michaels kick someone's butt into shape and those damn guidos on Jersey Shore.

We all have our guilty pleasures in life, some may chose gossip magazines and some prefer a pint a Ben and Jerry's ice cream. We'd rather sit back and indulge in a...