History Main / YourTelevisionHatesYou

* ''Between Silk and Cyanide''. Leo Marks is exasperated by SOE's pointless InterserviceRivalry with C, the head of British Intelligence. He thinks of going to see a movie to put his mind off it, but as the movie is ''Film/FollowTheFleet'' decides it would be best not to listen to Fred Astaire singing about joining the navy to C the C.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** In the episode "Stewie Loves Lois", Peter feels sexually violated after his prostate exam and Brian tries to console him by turning on the TV, but every channel is about fingers and fingering.
** In "The Son Also Draws", Peter needs to go to the bathroom while on a road trip. He tries holding it in, but he keeps getting reminded with messages such as a sign stating "Dump Next Left", a trailer passing them with the notice "Wide Load", a nearby furniture store advertising "All Stools Must Go!", another car with a bumper sticker about how its driver loves their Shih Tzu, and another sign advertising "Bob's House of Feces" ([[LampshadeHanging "Oh come on, that one's not even real!"]]). He finally pulls over when he sees an for a casino reading "Craps! Craps! Craps!"

** Also from ''House of Mouse'', the short "Donald's Goofy World" has Donald dreaming that everyone and everything is turning into Goofy. When he watches TV, he gets nothing but shows starring Goofy, culminating in ''Goofy's Goof Works'' (a reference to the precursor to ''House of Mouse'', ''Mickey's Mouse Works''.

* In ''A [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]] Christmas'', Dennis' attempts to bring Christmas cheer to Mr. Wilson result in [[ButtMonkey the latter being hospitalized, arrested, and having his house set on fire]]. Because [[BigBad David Bratcher]] has sold an insurance policy with the Dennis Clause to the Wilsons, this means that Henry and Alice have to pay for all the damages inadvertently caused by Dennis. When the expense for the damages is beyond what they can pay for ([[ShockinglyExpensiveBill approx. $45,000.00]]), they try to take their mind off it by watching television. Unfortunately for them, the movies playing on TV include ''Film/ChildrenOfTheDamned'', ''Film/TheBadSeed'', and ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.

* ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''. The episode "Dog Star Swing" opens with an advertisement for the Walking Sally doll which Jet is desperate to buy for his daughter before it sells out. The transmission glitches causing the add to [[BrokenRecord repeat endlessly]] while Jet gripes, "I swear this doll is mocking me!"

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. At the end of "Innocence", in which Buffy's romance with Angel comes to an abrupt end when he turns evil, Buffy quietly watches a black & white romantic movie, in which Alice Faye is singing "Goodnight, My Love".

* This is why WebVideo/TheRapCritic suggests you should [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmC4j0tX-A never]] listen to the HipHop station if you've just found out that [[YourCheatingHeart your partner cheated on you]]. Odds are, you'll find a litany of songs in which the rapper brags about [[EmasculatedCuckold how he had sex with your woman]].

* This WebAnimation/YoutubePoop "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPH3m-skbz0 The Age-Old Mask Device]]" uses this trope, featuring examples of LatexPerfection on every channel.

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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had a character with a bed-wetting problem invited to Muffy's sleepover with no way to politely decline. She's too embarrassed to put on her pull-up, so she stays awake most of the night worrying. She turns on the television, only to be presented with images of running water, an ad with a Scot advertising a [[ToiletHumor wee patch for wee leaks]], and a kids' show sponsored by the letter "P".

* In a DeletedScene of ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997), Dolores and Humbert are on their road trip with the car radio on, playing the comedy ''The Bickersons''. There's CannedLaughter as [[FilleFatale Dolores]] flirts with Humbert, but when he talks about her going back to school they start arguing with the Bickersons doing likewise. When Humbert says bluntly that their holiday is over, causing Dolores to fall into a sullen silence, the announcer can be heard saying they'll be back after a few commercials for the Bickerson's in "The Honeymoon Is Over".

Compare CoincidentalBroadcast and LaserGuidedBroadcast, where this phenomenon is used as a plot device instead of a gag. May coincide with ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere if the thing that keeps popping up on TV or radio is something that the character is trying to quit, or TheWorldMocksYourLoss if they're upset about losing something or someone. See also MockingMusic (for the radio version) and VengefulVendingMachine.

* In the film ''Houseguest'', Sinbad's character has just been slapped and dumped by his girlfriend for his immature behavior. He goes home and turns on the TV and ends up with a marathon of slaps and punches on every channel, including ''Film/GroundhogDay'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[Series/{{Cheers}} Sam and Diane's epic slap fight]], and [[Film/BlazingSaddles Mongo punching a horse.]]

** In the episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer, after losing an award to an "inanimate carbon rod" and being ridiculed by his family, sits down to watch TV, saying "TV respects me. It laughs ''with'' me. Not ''at'' me." He turns it on and the first thing that appears on screen is a man pointing at the camera laughing hysterically and saying "You stupid..."
** Episode "Homer Badman": After being publicly accused of molesting a college-aged baby sitter, Homer watches TV in the TroubledFetalPosition while David Letterman remarks "...and the number one reference I am running into the ground is...Homer Simpson!" followed by an episode of the Mexican Bumblebee Man's sitcom, in which the Bumblebee Man gets pinched in the butt while smelling a flower and yells, "Ai-yi-yi! Es Homer Simpson!" However, Homer finds solace in ''An Evening at the Improv'', whose comedians are stuck in the 80's.

* In the Disney short WesternAnimation/DuckPimples, DonaldDuck tries to relax on a stormy night by listening to the radio. Given his usual bad luck, all the radio programs he listens to are either horror stories or violent crime dramas.

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* The [=MP3=] player of Sandra from ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' thinks Sandra's relationship with Cloud [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/12/17/0228-already-gone/ won't last long]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:"You stupid..." (''laughs'')]]

Compare CoincidentalBroadcast and LaserGuidedBroadcast, where this phenomenon is used as a plot device instead of a gag. May coincide with ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere if the thing that keeps popping up on TV or radio is something that the character is trying to quit, or TheWorldMocksYourLoss if they're upset about losing something or someone. PottyEmergency sometimes has similar themes. See also MockingMusic (for the radio version) and VengefulVendingMachine.

** In "The Last Temptation of Homer": Homer is attracted to a sexy female co-worker; back at home he tries his best to not think about cheating on his wife. When he tries to distract himself with watching TV, he cycles though several channels about sex and cheating.

* Something similar happened in ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Halloween Adventure''''. After he and Odie escape a mob of {{Ghost Pirate}}s from a haunted house, Garfield decides to watch TV before going to bed, and turns to a channel showing the old man from the haunted house hosting an all-night pirate movie festival. He turns it off quickly.

* Something similar happened in ''Garfield's Halloween Adventure''. After he and Odie escape a mob of {{Ghost Pirate}}s from a haunted house, Garfield decides to watch TV before going to bed, and turns to a channel showing the old man from the haunted house hosting an all-night pirate movie festival. He turns it off quickly.