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* In ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Galaxia does something like this to tell people of the Earth that they all are going to die, right before the Senshi have their final battle against her. This may also be because of the fact that her base is at a TV station and her minions use the disguise of working for "Ginga TV" when they're searching for Star Seeds.

* In the Literature/LeftBehind books, Chang Wong is able to have direct access to the Global Community television network feed so that he can interrupt its programming with messages from Dr. Tsion Ben-Judah (and later Chaim Rosenzweig) that are Biblical warnings and pleas for the undecided to come to Christ.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' series three ends with every television screen in the UK showing [[spoiler: Moriarty's face, two in-universe years after he shot himself in the head.]]

Alternatively, it could be demonstrated with a montage of different people around the world watching different channels, which are then replaced by the evil transmission. If played for laughs, most people will probably ignore the message itself and [[PercussiveMaintenance bang the top of the TV set]], hoping to get their programmes back. Of course, this won't work. More blatant examples may attempt a rapid change of channel, only to constantly reveal the same picture. The astonished phrase "He's On Every Station!" will likely be uttered at this point. The villain's first act of mildly-annoying evil is complete. Now it's time to tell the world what else he has planned.

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* The current crop of ads for Hulu, a video-on-demand service, features celebrities' cheerful claims that they are aliens, and are using DoNotAdjustYourSet methods to render human brains both inert and palatable.
* An ad for Progressive auto insurance has the spokeswoman, Flo, taking over all TV and radio stations [[MundaneMadeAwesome to make an announcement about car insurance]].

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* The Joker in the first ''Film/{{Batman}}'' film shoots a fireplace-broadcast-esque calling out to Batman, and gets the city to forget that he went on a murder spree by paying them.

* Subverted in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', where, as in the ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' example, it's the ''heroes'' who use this method to broadcast their evidence that the government [[spoiler:is directly responsible for the annihilation of Miranda and the creation of the Reavers]].
** After the government [[spoiler: hacked many/all TV sets to show subliminal messages to River.]]

* [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] villain example: Blofeld in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' and its remake ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''.

* The alien BigBad in ''MonstersVsAliens'':
--> '''Gallaxhar:''' Humans of Earth, I come in peace. You need not fear me, I mean you no harm. [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill However, it is important to note that most of you will not survive the next 24 hours. The few of you that do survive will be enslaved and experimented upon.]] [[NothingPersonal You should, in no way, take any of this personally. It's just business.]] So to recap, I come in peace, I mean you no harm, and you all will die. Gallaxhar out.

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* ''CaptainScarlet''. Actually, go ahead- the Mysterons'll take over your set anyway.
** The Mysterons don't seem to bother with communications technology, choosing to just beam their cryptic threats directly into SPECTRUM's ears, possibly via psychic powers. "[[CatchPhrase We know that you can hear us]] [[PunyEarthlings Earth-Men]]" indeed.
*** It's directly stated in the first episode that they are broadcasting on all Earth radios.

* Rupert does this in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'' to freak out Calvin, and it probably would've worked it it weren't for one of his crew members saying "[[HiMom Hi, Mom!]]"

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' displays some especially preposterous examples of this, including the Riddler abruptly appearing on the Justice League computer and communicating them via live feed (this happens more than once).
** To be fair, that comes from an episode that describes the center of a black hole as similar to the calm center of a hurricane and that shows Lex Luthor watching three Superfriends fixing a satellite on a computer screen; WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief is all the way out the window before it even GETS to that point in the episode.

* The UK had a somewhat less comprehensive system. In the event of a nuclear attack, all TV channels would broadcast the frequency everyone needed to tune their radios to (that of BBC Radio 4) and then go off the air. So rather than taking over all channels, they would simply turn most of them off.

-->The man on the screen was an extraordinary-looking individual. He seemed an Earthman, yet his tall, gaunt, black-clothed figure, his enormous bulging forehead and skull, and his hypnotically burning black eyes, gave to his aspect some indefinable but startling aura of the superman.

* In the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Two-Face," Two-Face uses the phrase to announce his underworld debut, but he gets the quote wrong: "Don't bother adjusting the picture. For the next five minutes, I'M in control!"

* In Fanfic/NarutoVeanganceRevelaitons, the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President of the Kibusi Corporation]] takes over the screen of a movie theater in order to deliver a message to Ronan [[spoiler:before detonating a bomb intended to kill him, Sakura and the catgirls]].

* In ''{{Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad}}'', Kilokhan takes over the airwaves to challenge Servo to battle. Servo didn't go for it, so he had to finally shut down all television broadcasts to get Servo to come into {{Cyberspace}} and fight.

* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' BigBad Lucemon broadcasts the message "You will choose to follow me or be destroyed" on every computer, TV, cell phone, etc. screen in Tokyo upon arriving in the human world. However, being from {{Cyberspace}}, his being able to do this is ([[MagicAIsMagicA internally]]) plausible so long as EverythingIsOnline. At the end of the episode, his pummeling of the heroes is replaced by the message appearing on your own TV screen.

* In the miniseries ''{{V}}'', it is "explained" that all the world's broadcasting networks have been handed over to the alien Visitors. In the sequel miniseries, it is shown that a single (albeit large) microchip aboard the alien spaceship controls all TV signals.

* The Mandarin in Film/IronMan 3 does this several times in order to broadcast his threats to the president. [[spoiler: Except it's actually [[BigBad Aldritch Killian]] who's responsible for this, as the Mandarin is in fact merely an actor.]]

** Don't forget the Capitol Building exploding! (Don't worry, it's just a special effect!)

* In ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 2}}'', [[DiscOneFinalBoss Vinsfeld]] transmits his new world order message not only to TV screens, but to windows, mirrors, and even a pool of water, all through the power of radio waves. This tactic ends up backfiring spectacularly: the [[ChessMaster leader of ARMS]] uses the fear generated by this announcement to unite the nations of the world ''against'' Vinsfeld.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', Cell takes over the main (and apparently only) TV station to announce the Cell Games.
** Done earlier by Piccolo Sr. to inform the world that he's the new king now (oh, and he's gonna annihilate one country per year. Just for laughs), although he apparently uses the (former) king's equipment for this.

* Subversion: in ''VForVendetta'', it is explicitly shown how V infiltrates the [[BlandNameProduct BTN]] studios to broadcast his pre-recorded speech throughout Britain [[spoiler:via the national emergency broadcast system]]. It's somewhat unusual to see a protagonist resort to this, too -- but then, even the film version of V is a very unusual protagonist.

* Subverted in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', where, as in the ''VForVendetta'' example, it's the ''heroes'' who use this method to broadcast their evidence that the government [[spoiler:is directly responsible for the annihilation of Miranda and the creation of the Reavers]].

* In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer3TiberiumWars'', Kane actually jams all the channels with his signal.
** In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' Emperor Yoshiro (George Takei) tells the world that the Empire will win and to lay down their arms. While he says "do not struggle against what is inevitable" it cuts to him on a TV while a couple makes out on a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThwAgS2U0w couch completely ignoring him]].
** Kane got increasingly public with his signal-hijacking over the first three ''Tiberian'' games -- in ''Dawn'' he temporarily hijacks your EVA to [[AffablyEvil say hello and give some advice about what'd he do, were he in your shoes]], in ''Sun'' he did the same thing to the com systems on GDI's orbital headquarters and ''Wars'' have already been mentioned.