Yes, Android TV can be rooted. You root by flashing a custom ROM or custom recovery. You boot into Android using one of these two boot loader sub-menu options, "recovery" or "bootloader." Now select to enter the custom ROM sub-menu. If you are not currently already booted to the official Google operating system, then your choice is either "Custom OS Image" or "None."  Doing this will load your choice for rooting an Android TV platform to its current state during use. Once you have made the selection to enter this boot loader menu option, allow up to 3 minutes before proceeding to make it happen. It's also possible that the manufacturer purposely avoids providing users with