Waiting room TVs are torture. If there is one in a doctor’s waiting room, you can bet all patients will have elevated blood pressure. Sexually explicit topics in mixed company is incredibly uncomfortable. I remember getting my tires changed while Jerry Springer was on in the waiting room. Ick.
One of the great benefits when ipods and iphones came out was being able to endure waits while listening to your own selected music or some other entertainment be it games videos or reading FR etc. If I know I will be in for a wait my phone with lots of my music is coming with me.