Television display blackout control system and method

A television control system comprising:

• a television including a display screen and a speaker, said display screen
• displaying a video program when actuated, said speaker emitting sound for the video program when actuated;
• a receiver being electrically coupled to said television;
• a controller including:
• a transmitter for wirelessly communicating with said receiver to actuate said television;
• a plurality of direction controls, said direction controls include a forward button, a backward button, an upward button, a downward button, and a selector button;
• a programmed control circuit being electrically coupled to said display screen and said speaker of said television, said programmed control circuit being programmed to include a blackout feature to power off or to selectively darken said display screen while continuing to audibly play sound from the speaker for the video program;
• an actuator of said controller being actuatable to engage said blackout feature;
• a tinier module being electrically coupled to said programmed control circuit and counting a set time for engaging the blackout feature when actuated, said set time being selected by a user using said controller;
• a memory module being electrically coupled to said programmed control circuit and being programmed to store a command menu including subcommands of said blackout feature, said command menu being displayed on said display screen when said blackout feature is actuated, said subcommands of said command menu including:
• a display shutoff command, said display shutoff command being actuated to power off said display screen while said speaker remains powered to audibly play sound from the video program;
• a display dim command, said display dim command being actuated to dim said display screen incrementally over said set time selected by said user and powering off said display screen when said set time being finished while said speaker remains powered to audibly play sound from the video program;
• a display and speaker dim command, said display and speaker dim command being actuated to simultaneously dim said display screen and reduce a level of sound from said speaker to an inaudible level incrementally over said set time selected by said user and thereafter powering off said display screen and said speaker when said set time is finished;
• and
• an exit command, said exit command being actuated to disengage said blackout feature and removing said command menu from said display screen.

A method for actuating a blackout feature for a television including the steps of:

• powering on a television to actuate a display screen and a speaker of said television;
• engaging with an actuator to actuate a blackout feature of said television and to display a command menu on said display screen;
• engaging with a plurality of direction controls to select one subcommand from said command menu;
• and
• wherein said command menu includes a display dim command said display dim command dims said display screen incrementally over a set time selected by a user and powering off said display screen when said set time being finished while said speaker remains powered to audibly play sound from a video program.