I mean saying that TV is a genre is like saying Movies are a genre, like saying Ford is a model of a car, or like saying beer is a brand of alcohol.

Saying TV is it's own genre is like saying Animation is only for kids. 

As a slight sufferer of CDO (that's like OCD, but the letters are in the proper order AS THEY SHOULD BE), it annoys me every time I see it in the graphs and makes my fingers itch.

I actually don't mind it as a genre.

You could add your own custom genres and change the 5 positions to whatever you want and lock it down locally, so you don't ever have to see Television again. I know that's not the answer you're looking for, but its a step in that direction.

I have no problem with removing TV, but only if a dedicated field was added instead (just as we lost Foreign, but received the Country of Origin field as a replacement).

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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It don't bother me as a genre either... though it wouldn't bother me if it is moved to a new field just as long as it is a sortable and filterable field.

I agree with Addicted2DVD. I don't mind if Television were removed from the genres, but it definitely needs to go somewhere else then, where it is filterable. Something like a radio button with choice being:
- Television
- Movie
- Documentary
Something like that, just to give an example.

I filter on Television almost every day (because sometimes I want to watch a movie, sometimes a TV series), so I really need that info somewhere

I think it should be...

Television
Theatrical
Direct-to-Video
Music
Documentary

Not TV Series and Movies... as I personally think it should be how it was originally presented. So I would strongly prefer movies that originally aired on television to be under Television. That is how TV movies are done now (genre Television) And I definitely don't want to loose that function. As I use the filter to separate Theatrical movies and TV movies all the time.

I personally think Documentary would stay in the genres... At least I always seen them as genres. But I added it to the list because someone wanted it included. If causes complications it should remain in Genres.

If need be to distinguish between them I could get behind...

Television Series
Television Movie
Theatrical Movie
Direct-to-Video
Music

But if there is another way of doing it (separating TV movies from TV series) I would still prefer...

Television
Theatrical
Direct-to-Video
Music

...for the new field if we get it.

Quoting Taro:

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I filter on Television almost every day (because sometimes I want to watch a movie, sometimes a TV series), so I really need that info somewhere

I use tags for this. I also have two sub-tags for tv, one for series and one for mini-series. So I can filter on three types of tv programming which is much better than the genre option.