It's TV Turnoff Week

Schools in the San Francisco area are encouraging participation.  But what do the kids think?

Carson Tsang, 13, wrinkled his nose and scoffed at the idea of no television for 10 days.

"Television is important," the Visitacion Valley Middle School seventh-grader said. "There's commercials. There's news. And there's animals in trouble."

Link: School's challenge: No TV

See also: TV Turnoff Network