Mine spends half his time asleep in front of TV. A sure sign that he's asleep is when there's no flicking between channels when the ads come on.
I gave having any say in what we watch years ago - if he (and the boys, when they were still at home) didn't like my choice, they talked too much for me to listen anyway, or kept coming out with disparaging comments all the way through, completely ruining it for me. So nowadays I just leave him to choose. I get a bit narky though when, after he's flicked through the guide several times and failed to find anything that even he wants to watch, he will throw the control over to me, saying "you choose, love", as if he's doing me some big favour. Grrr!