More electronic bullshit: Wife came into the study to show me something on her laptop. Unbeknownst to either of us, she set her phone down on top of the Apple TV remote and hit the volume down button. It immediately started lowering the volume on my TV, and I mean it was acting like there was an invisible person permanently holding down the "Volume Down" button, even though she had quickly picked up her phone. The TV remote would no longer function properly, shit was fucked. I tried everything I could think of, I unplugged the Apple TV, unplugged the TV and plugged it back in a few mins later, fucking did a factory reset! Nothing worked.
After researching, it turns out that the Apple TV remote is a piece of shit and does this, at least it does it to Samsung TVs. I had to plug the Apple TV back in and reset it's remote. Everything was fine after that. I then unplugged the Apple TV and used all of my willpower to keep from throwing it across my backyard.