channel flicker

noun2

1. •
   A remote control.

   • Use the channel flicker if TV shows or commercials are too suggestive or show too much skin. — 1992
2. •
   A person who compulsively watches excessive amounts of television.

   • I begin to wonder what those difficulties were. The problem of the remote-control channel flicker is that he’s never quite sure what the topic is when his flicking stops. — 1998