Should I avoid Taiwanese TV until I become proficient at listening to the Mainland Chinese accent?

I'm still quite a noob, only knowing less than 2K characters/7k words, and virtually unable to listen to spoken Chinese unless it is repeated over and over again.

I want to start practicing my listening skills and figured TV/movies would be a good place to start. Apparently, most of the Chinese TV market is dominated by Taiwan, or at least all of the good content comes out of Taiwan.

My goal is to learn "standard Mandarin" i.e. whatever is theoretically spoken in the mainland. I figure that it would be best to avoid the Taiwanese accent until I become proficient, as it might confuse me and perhaps teach me to speak with a Taiwanese accent or to use words that are more common in Taiwan than on the Mainland.

Is my concern valid or should I ignore it and dive right in?

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