what is the new word for the propensity -- found chiefly among males -- for using the remote control to flip through *all the channels rather than look at the TV Guide listing which is elbow adjacent?

This is another of those concepts that is covered by a simple phrase rather than some obscure neologism. The phrase is common sense. The TV Guide ain't gone tell you nothin important, like is it got hot babes and car crashes in it. You needs to actual look at the show to tell that.