How to Watch TV in the 21st Century

Television is supposed to be easy — there’s a reason it’s called the “idiot box.” It used to be you sat down, grabbed your remote and a beverage, and slouched on the couch in an Al Bundy repose to enjoy hours of easy entertainment.

Not anymore. TV’s new moniker should be the WTF? box. These days, between standard cable packages, Hulu, Netflix, illegal downloads, iTunes and the rest, figuring out how to watch what you want to watch has become a task riddled with anxiety.