That's a bit of a reach. The animation in the monitors isn't flashy enough to stop someone flipping through channels. It IS annoying enough to aggravate someone who's stopped long enough to watch and finds the backdrop distracting.
Forgive me, I should've been more specific. I wasn't thinking about animation when I was talking about grabbing channel-surfers (if I made that implication previously I misspoke and I apologize for the confusion). What I should've said was the fact that the screens are bright and colorful, just like the rest of the things that light up, but they can also change for special events and show specialized graphics or logos. However distracting I think it comes off sometimes, I do like that they at least make an effort to customize their graphics when an opportunity presents itself, and as someone who does that kind of thing myself, I'm always curious to see what's next.
I won't dispute your point about them being annoying once you tune in though. The older LED wall that they used to have when the new turntable was built was a much better choice, since it stopped flashing and changing color once the "action" was done (like a player coming up on stage or whatnot). I think having animated graphics on all those screens all the time is like the new wall saying "I'M HERE, LOOK AT ME" during the whole act. The regular animation with the dollar signs at the edges isn't quite so bad, but some of the ones they've had over the last couple of seasons have been way too much. (Yes, I think it doesn't bother younger Millennials as much as it does me.)