I solved the problem by getting rid of my Roku stick and switching to an Amazon FireTV stick. It looks a lot like a rebadged Roku. Whatever. YouTube TV Key Plays payback works fine on a FireTV stick, as it also does on my LG smart TV. I suspect the bug is in the Roku stick API code, not in Google's YouTube TV Roku app. More @Wikipedia
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