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THIS IS THE ANSWER: The Ambient mode is broken for many Google TV users.
I don’t know if Google is aware of this or not, but they should be. How
to fix it temporarily is to go to Settings > Apps > See All Apps > Show
System Apps (at bottom of list) >...