[1][3] The album features a live concert recorded at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City in 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage.

TV Is My Parent is 95 minutes in length and consists of a live concert filmed at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City on 12 September 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage, in a section titled "Where the Magic Happens",[5] from Sia's North American tour in 2008.

[2][4][6] Songs performed during the concert include ones from Sia's 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems, its 2004 predecessor Colour the Small One, and her collaborations with Zero 7.

[12] In 2012, some online music stores offered the DVD as a bonus with the purchase of her greatest hits album Best Of....[13][14] Writing for website The Digital Fix, Luke McNaney described the DVD as "above average" and praised both Sia and the directors for the "peculiar and worthwhile visions" included in it.

[5] Thom Holmes of Contactmusic.com expressed his opinion that fans of Sia would "love" TV Is My Parent, though he struggled to understand why, and that watching the DVD was "laborious".