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Short stories can help, but I'd definitely only recommend genre ones, not literary fiction, especially since you find watching TV more entertaining than reading. Something like Chekov will likely put you to sleep. A few recommendations for short story collections:
Mayhem, Mystery and Murder, by John A. Broussard (suspense)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Asimov (fantasy)
The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour (esp. vol 6, which is western-style crime)
I think these are still in print and available as e-books. The fantasy collection I have as a paperback, but found an ebook version of it as well (I am not sure it is official). There are also the pulp short stories from times past, if you can get your hands on some collections. No great literature, but quite good entertainment.
How to make reading more fun, I don't know. I haven't owned a TV set in over a decade, and I only watch a couple shows on my laptop now and then, so for me, books are a far more engaging, stimulating form of entertainment.
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