Design Meme

There’s something wrong with my television.

Every Sunday night at 8pm the TV turns itself on and changes the channel to the Crossroads Television System, the local christian channel. The first time it happened it was a little creepy, and reminded me of the movie The Ring. The next few times I thought to watch a few minutes of the program that came on. It seemed to be fairly generic tevelangelist fair, courtesy of Dr. Charles Stanley. I’ve since become somewhat used to this weekly event, although it’s strange that once every few weeks the TV seems to forget to switch itself on.

At first I thought my cats might have somehow been responsible, stepping on the TV remote and switching the TV on—but this has been happening for many weeks now, and I’ve made sure to put the remote out of reach. My next thought was that it had something to do with the Guide+ system that comes with RCA TVs that let you browse through the weekly TV listings. I’m not sure how that would explain why it switches to the religious station though, or why it’s not happening every week.

At this point I’m not sure if I should call a TV repair man, the local pastor, or a paranormal investigator.