channel-surf
verb (used without object)
to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
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For a guy who is helping to revolutionize the face of television advertising, Brown Williams isn't much of a channel surfer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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