Which do you think is better?

I think I'd compromise. That would mean a couple of lonely hours for you as he'd be more motivated to stick around in the living room and watch tv, even sometimes fall asleep on the couch. I would talk to him about ask him if maybe three nights out of the week he can have no tv at night so you can get some sleep or you guys can do more productive things like "snuggling". I'm sure throwing in that those nights you guys could use to have some close time would motivate him to put down the remote. ;]