Those hotel lobby TV’s stay on Fox alot longer if after you change the channel you inadvertantly leave the remote in your room.
Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Or pull the batteries, and drop them in the trash can. Usually I just announce to the room I requires the remote, turn it to something else, usually Fox and then retain the remote. In several years of doing this, I’ve only had one person, a liberal in California challenge my actions. When I told them it wasn’t up for discussion while I was eating, as anything else on the TV would make me violently sick they left. Being assertive even brash seems to work. The staff has never gotten involved even when they have been present.