You remember that beautiful day last week, when you rushed home after work, skipped the daytime soaps and instead went for a 10 mile bike ride?

Well that's exactly what tv execs don't want you to do.

Sure, daily exercise is good for the heart and a great way to stay in shape, shed that winter weight and keep your blood pressure down. But wouldn't you rather rot on the couch, guzzle down potato chips and watch Dancing With the Stars?**

Apparently not.

Maybe they're outside in the garden. They could be playing softball. Or perhaps they're just plain bored. In TV's worst spring in recent memory, a startling number of Americans drifted away from television the past two months: More than 2.5 million fewer people were watching ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox than at the same time last year, statistics show.

So, c'mon, skip those workouts, put the "fat" back in "fat, American slob" and watch another America's Next Top Model marathon on VH1. If you're lucky, maybe you'll even get to see the episode where the nerdy four-eyed chick cheats on her longtime boyfriend with the extremely high-pitched voice!

Oh, and remember, you're not just doing this for yourself—you're doing it for the people without whom there would never be Reba. Or One Tree Hill.

**Not because you particularly enjoy watching the Paso Doble, but because you bet your co-worker ten bucks that Heather Mills will lose her pegleg by the end of the season?