A flat screen television stand comprising a non-freestanding base pole adapted to be secured temporarily in upright fashion to a furniture support, and an inner pole telescopically and rotatably mounted in the base pole with its lower end resting on a transverse height adjustment pin in the base pole. The upper end of the inner pole is adapted to mount a flat screen television essentially tangentially to the pole. The flat screen television can be adjusted rotationally with hand pressure, without tools, but resists unintentional movement to maintain its adjusted position.