Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home. — David Frost. British television host and journalist (1939–2013) Television
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.
[The television is] an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.