the nominee will withdraw his name from consideration if the Senate or any committee thereof discusses the nomination on TV.
If any Committee Chairman convenes a meeting to discuss the nomination on TV - that would constitute setting up the nominee to be trashed on TV. To which no judge - no one distinguished enough to be a SCOTUS justice - should allow him/her self to be subjected.This whole thing is directed primarily at Chuck Grassley and his committee. Nothing resembling - or susceptible of being reduced to - the circus in the Judiciary Committee should be tolerated by any SCOTUS nominee. You can’t prevent Democrat from acting like Democrats - but with the Republicans in charge of all Senate committees, you can stop Democrats from acting like Democrats in the name of any Senate body.
And since Trump’s list is finite and concrete, they are empowered to insist on better treatment. Grassley and his ilk lose the authority to allow the abuse of the reputation of a SCOTUS nominee. If the Majority Leader sees this happening he can demand an immediate vote on the nomination, bypassing Judiciary altogether. Or else see the Senate tied up going from candidate to candidate, with no progress. The next guy down the list will be no different than the one you have now.
It gives the nominee more prestige, puts him on the same level, in a sense, as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Where he will remain, until and unless confirmation of his nomination fails.