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/^t/An average citizen of any European country spends daily several hours watching TV. There is no denying that common people start following the trends and behaviour observed on TV screens. Although the programs are in a way unreal and commercials present an artificial and ideal picture of a happy family life, people always eagerly devour all novelties, scandals and more or less "biased" news, as if they wanted to forget about their own problems. In fact, one of the famous philosophers once said that happiness is merely escape from reality, and nowadays television seems to be, at least for certain social and age groups, the best substitute of real life.