Since it's just me, I do!!!!

I live alone, so... I guess I get the remote.

*chuckling* @Paul N. You guess? that's cute.

Who ever gets there first or can make a decision what is worth watching.

We EACH have a remote control!!! He still tries to override my choices sometimes though.

depends on time of day and what we are doing while watching. there is no hard and fast rule for us on this point.

I control the remote, but not for the reason you might think. My husband and I have the same taste in shows/movies. I'm retired, he still works. After a long day, he doesn't want to flip thru all the selections. So...every so often, I research and pick shows that we might like and put them on the watchlist. When we sit down to watch a program, they are there and waiting for us!

Hah! No tv! No problem!

We both have one. Works out very well.

We both have one. The on/off button doesn't work on mine but everything works out.

Whoever is watching gets control.

My husband needs his readers to see it now so I have taken over, the advantage of my man getting older!

My Jonathan Adler lacquered box on the coffee table gets to hold our remotes while they're not in use. It just helps to keep them from getting lost, especially the Apple TV remote! :)

Girlfriend all the way...:) If she is happy then I am.

HE HAS THE REMOTE. ZZZZZZZZZ'S

All of your comments sound so familiar. If I have the remote, my husband takes it from me and changes the channel. He eventually falls asleep but when I take the remote from him he wakes up. For the most part, we like the same shows. In our bedroom, we each have a remote. I have learned to go in the other room and fall asleep watching what I like and he can watch his shows. I guess that is what happens when you have been happily married for a long time.

Usually we like the same shows but I control the remote. Hubby has never bothered to learn how to use it and is lucky if he can figure out how to change the channel let alone use the guide. It really is quite amusing to watch. He too falls asleep quickly so no need for him to have it. If there is a game on that he wants to watch, I go in the bedroom and watch my shows in bed. It all works out nicely. He even watches HGTV!

We came up with a solution in our family: everyone has their night. My nights are Thursday and Sunday, so I get to choose what we watch on those nights, no questions asked. This system has kept everyone happy for years! :)

My puppy ate the remote. :(

I hate that thing.

I get the remote because I live alone. No arguments....

Neither of us want it, se we end up trading off.

He does. We like most of the same shows so it really doesn't matter. If he's watching something I don't want to see I just use my Kindle!

We just gave up cable so the only remotes me have is to turn on/off or volume up/down. All TV is watched through our computers with the use of an HDMI cable. I'm loving it!

My wife has total control over our house, except for the TV. My TV set is my fortress - I get to choose the shows we are watching, I get to choose the football clubs we are supporting. Desperate Housewives is a tabu. VH1 classic is the only music channel that is aired in our house.

We each have our own TV in our own rooms ...my office, my husband's office, my son's office so we each get our own remote but I"m the only one who tapes shows so I guess I have the most power but there are few shows we all enjoy together. I love mysteries, my husband, the news, and my son everything else!

I picked my spouse, as he has priority when around above everyone else, and then he passes it to me if he doesn't want to watch anything. I leave it for anyone who wants it first and when it is quiet and specific programs I like ( about homes hehe) are on, I take it. Otherwise, if toddlers see it, you can be sure, they will not hesitate to play with them and say " hello" hahaha!

Whoever is watching TV first gets the remote! Or it's shared after a period of time to make sure everyone gets a turn.

Depends on who is home. I usually just DVR stuff I want to watch. Husband likes to watch channels that make me want to poke out my eyes with a fork (history channel, science channels) so we rarely watch telly together.

No TV, no remote control.

Which remote? We have at least 5 or 6 running that "system" he has created. It's so complicated I can't figure out how to:
turn it on/off/down/up/standby/music only/videogame?/Netflix?/who's movie list will it recommend from?/oh you want a You Tube?/surround sound?/let's play a vinyl record!/the system needs time to connect to the internet/blackscreen for some reason/HDMI 2?/menu?... etc etc etc.

I gave up a long time ago. They are HIS remotes.

lol rredpen, my husband finally got something called a universal remote that replaced 5 remotes. total bliss. even i can operate it.

There's hope? :)

On the rare occasion I watch tv alone, I get it. When my husband watches tv alone, he gets it. When we watch together occasionally? We share. No big deal.

husband watches tv and I read both are in same room. He loves movies. I don't have the patience to sit and watch them.

A man operating a TV Remote? I don't think so.

I keep the tv on for noise. When we watch, we do together. Most of the time, our remote is under Snow, our cat😉 or on the table where both of us can reach.

We have two remotes for each tv.