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To Steve's point, if the new TV was drawing more current and that was thee problem it would rear its head with a breaker trip. Over current draws are a time vs trip curve. While 1% over rate may take 10 minutes to trip a direct short will produce 100x (for example) rated current and the trip curve will be closer to milliseconds. The trip units in 99% of homes are thermal-magnetic units.
The fact that you are not tripping a breaker and still "losing" electricity tells me the electricity is going SOMEWHERE, and not where you want it. A sneaking hunch says into an overtight wire staple and then draining into the wall sub structure (i.e. stud) this will in time create heat, and heat and wood result in fire.
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