diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings_tv.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings_tv.xml
index b1d23d8998520..f49d2019873cd 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings_tv.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings_tv.xml
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@
     <string name="font_roboto_regular" translatable="false">sans-serif</string>
     <!-- DO NOT TRANSLATE -->
     <string name="font_roboto_light" translatable="false">sans-serif-light</string>
+    <!-- Package names to be blacklisted in Recents, add package names into overlay as needed -->
+    <string-array name="recents_tv_blacklist_array">
+    </string-array>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/misc/SystemServicesProxy.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/misc/SystemServicesProxy.java
index 1a944ce71796b..94231c6403b09 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/misc/SystemServicesProxy.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/misc/SystemServicesProxy.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import android.app.ActivityOptions;
 import android.app.AppGlobals;
 import android.app.IActivityManager;
 import android.app.ITaskStackListener;
+import android.app.UiModeManager;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.IPackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
+import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ import com.android.systemui.recents.model.ThumbnailData;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -234,6 +237,13 @@ public class SystemServicesProxy {
             mDummyIcon = Bitmap.createBitmap(1, 1, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
             mDummyIcon.eraseColor(0xFF999999);
         }
+
+        UiModeManager uiModeManager = (UiModeManager) context.
+                getSystemService(Context.UI_MODE_SERVICE);
+        if (uiModeManager.getCurrentModeType() == Configuration.UI_MODE_TYPE_TELEVISION) {
+            Collections.addAll(sRecentsBlacklist,
+                    res.getStringArray(R.array.recents_tv_blacklist_array));
+        }
     }
 
     /**