SponsorBlock on Apple TV
Skip the sponsor reads in YouTube videos playing on your Apple TV, using the SponsorBlock database, from a free app on your iPhone. No server, no scripts, and nothing installed on the TV.
The usual way, and the catch
The Apple TV doesn’t allow browser extensions or sideloaded YouTube clients, so SponsorBlock has never run on it directly. The projects that solve this, iSponsorBlockTV and sbremote, take a clever route instead: they pair with the Apple TV like a remote, watch what YouTube is playing, and seek past each marked segment. It works well.
The catch is that they are Python programs, and they need a computer on your network that stays on. CleanCut is the same idea as an app. Your iPhone does the pairing and the skipping, and there is nothing to install, configure, or keep running.
Every SponsorBlock category, your choice per kind
Sponsors are on by default. Switch the others on if you want them, and the change applies to the video you’re watching without reloading anything.
Segment data comes from the SponsorBlock community database. If you find it useful, the project runs on volunteer submissions.
Three steps, no server
Pair once
Open CleanCut, pick your Apple TV, and enter the code it shows on screen. It pairs the way a remote app pairs, over your own Wi-Fi.
Play a video in YouTube on the Apple TV
The Apple TV reports which video is playing and where it is. CleanCut looks the video up in the SponsorBlock database.
Segments are skipped on the TV's clock
When playback reaches a marked segment, CleanCut seeks the TV past it. The jump happens on the television, in the YouTube app you were already using.
It mutes the swearing too
The same app, on the same video, reads YouTube’s captions and mutes profanity as it lands. Both are free on YouTube with no subscription; the word list and the mute-or-skip choice are yours to set. The Apple TV guide covers how the profanity filter works, and how it extends to Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video and the rest.