My TV deserves an article! Or at least tell me who's TV you're talking about.

Do you see a problem with the following sentences?

1. Please turn on TV.
2. Yesterday I watched new movies.
3. Let's go to Chinese restaurant for lunch on Saturday.

Hopefully these sentences sound a bit strange if you say them out loud to yourself.  Although the message is mostly clear, there is some potential for confusion if you speak like this.  The first thing I think when I hear these sentences is...

1. Which TV?
2. What new movie? How many movies?
3. Which Chinese restaurant?

If you use a noun like TV, movie, or restaurant, you need to tell me WHICH ONE!  Even if there's just one TV in the room, I promise, I will freeze for a moment and try to think about which TV you mean.  This one?  That one?  My TV?  My mother's TV?  I know it's stupid, but that's how it is.  

So if you use a noun, you need to give me some detail.  Please say:

• a TV
• The TV
• This TV
• His TV
• 17 TVs
• Bill's TV

Or something like that.  Please clarify or there may be a little confusion.  Now, try those 3 sentences again and see if you can make them a bit more natural.