When I asked the phlebotomist why the TV in my oncologist’s office was always tuned to HGTV, he seemed amused while he drained a half-pint of blood from my arm for immediate disposal in the bright red waste can next to me. “Oh, I think it has something to do with them wanting programing with no violence, or sex, or cussing,” he said in Philipino-accented English, followed by a shrug and smile.