We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?
I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)
is there a way to remove the offending programs from tv sets?
You can start by taking it off the internet completely, I suppose.
Run local DNS server and configure it to block the domains. Pihole is easy one to do this. Can also block advertisement.
If it's an android TV you may be able to use a custom ROM on it, otherwise it's unlikely.