A bad board game with your family beats a great show you all watch in separate rooms.

Being in the same room is not the same as being together, and the quality of the content has little to do with it. A mediocre game forces talking, looking at each other, and laughing at somebody losing, which is the thing you wanted. The format matters more than how good it is.

Pick the shortest game in the house and get two other people to play it tonight. Do not campaign for it as a family activity, just set it up and start. If nobody will play, cook with somebody instead; the only requirement is that it cannot be done alone.