What is the ruling on watching television?

Question : What is the ruling on having a television in the home of a Muslim man, considering that it displays the private parts of women and men, which the Muslim man or his Muslim wife sees?

Answer : Yes, what we see is that refraining from acquiring a television is preferable, without doubt, and safer. As for watching it, it falls into three categories.
First, watching news, religious discussions, and cosmic scenes; there is nothing wrong with this. Second, watching the seductive series that are broadcast.
And criminal works that open the door for people to crime, aggression, theft, looting, and killing, and the like. Watching this is forbidden and not permissible. The third category is watching something where the act of watching is a waste of time, does not contain what necessitates prohibition, but has a doubt regarding the necessity of permissibility. It is not befitting for a person to waste his time watching it.
Especially since this watching involves a waste of money, because the television, as it appears, is a waste of money if spent on what is not beneficial, is it not? And what is the waste of money in it? Spending on electricity, yes. And time is also more important; it is a waste of time and a waste of money, and perhaps a person will gradually progress to watching what is forbidden to watch.