Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn't come out of this tube. This tube is the gospel, the ultimate revelation; this tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers; this tube is the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, […] (1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Howard Beale (Peter Finch))

I sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on. I change the channels for an hour or two. (1994, Billie Joe Armstrong, “Longview”, in Dookie, performed by Green Day)