diff --git a/television/cli/args.rs b/television/cli/args.rs
index a8e6a59..6d45370 100644
--- a/television/cli/args.rs
+++ b/television/cli/args.rs
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ pub struct Cli {
     /// space to meet the minimum height the terminal will scroll.
     #[arg(
         long,
+        default_value = "false",
         verbatim_doc_comment,
-        conflicts_with = "height",
-        value_parser = clap::builder::FalseyValueParser::new()
+        conflicts_with = "height"
     )]
-    pub inline: Option<bool>,
+    pub inline: bool,
 
     #[command(subcommand)]
     pub command: Option<Command>,
diff --git a/television/cli/mod.rs b/television/cli/mod.rs
index 29f6142..7d54724 100644
--- a/television/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/television/cli/mod.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub struct PostProcessedCli {
     pub ui_scale: Option<u16>,
     pub height: Option<u16>,
     pub width: Option<u16>,
-    pub inline: Option<bool>,
+    pub inline: bool,
 
     // Behavior and matching configuration
     pub exact: bool,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl Default for PostProcessedCli {
             ui_scale: None,
             height: None,
             width: None,
-            inline: None,
+            inline: false,
 
             // Behavior and matching configuration
             exact: false,
@@ -246,10 +246,7 @@ pub fn post_process(cli: Cli, readable_stdin: bool) -> PostProcessedCli {
     validate_adhoc_mode_constraints(&cli, readable_stdin);
 
     // Validate width flag requires inline or height
-    if cli.width.is_some()
-        && !cli.inline.unwrap_or(false)
-        && cli.height.is_none()
-    {
+    if cli.width.is_some() && !cli.inline && cli.height.is_none() {
         cli_parsing_error_exit(
             "--width can only be used in combination with --inline or --height",
         );
diff --git a/television/main.rs b/television/main.rs
index 9eabf10..fdaea8c 100644
--- a/television/main.rs
+++ b/television/main.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         watch_interval,
         args.height,
         args.width,
-        args.inline.unwrap_or(false),
+        args.inline,
     );
     let mut app = App::new(
         channel_prototype,
@@ -142,9 +142,15 @@ fn apply_channel_overrides(
     args: &mut PostProcessedCli,
     channel_prototype: &ChannelPrototype,
 ) -> () {
+    // The default value for CLI args inline is `false`. If the CLI arguments have
+    // specified --inline, we should always take that value and ignore what the chanel wants
+    if args.inline {
+        return;
+    }
     if let Some(ui) = channel_prototype.ui.as_ref() {
-        if args.inline.is_none() {
-            args.inline = ui.inline;
+        // Otherwise, if the channel has specified an inline value, take it
+        if let Some(inline) = ui.inline {
+            args.inline = inline
         }
     }
 }