Funny you should ask! I don' have TV and I'm too cheap to buy cable or satellite for my family. But everyday while I work in the hospitals, people laid up in bed tend to watch the same things!
So here's the rundown of things people tend to watch:
This year = History Channel, Ancient Aliens series
Last year= Pitbull Rescue and Short People
Year before that = Flip This House
All years = Price is Right and Judge Judy
...anytime people have violent daytime tabloid talk show-screamer TV, I change the channel for them, "nurses recommendation" for pain control. After the pain is managed for a few days, I tell them, THEN add back in the stressy stuff. Watching fights, cussing, screaming definitely increases pain. Lots of research to back me up on that.