When we use ていられない, it means that we don't bother or care to do something.

> アさん)ああ、危なくて見てらんない！  
>  イさん) もう黙っていらんない。注意しよう。  
>  A) Oh no, I can't bear to see him doing dangerous things.  
>  B) me too, I can't bear keeping quiet. I better warn him.  
>
>
> So 遅いなあ！もう待ってらんないので、先に帰る！  
>  It is so late! I don't care anymore so I don't want to wait and go home
> first.
>
> 忙しくてテレビなんか見てらんない。  
>  Because I am busy, I can't bear to watch any further. (Am I right to
> translate this sentence??)

One more thing, based on the last sentence, what does なんか really mean in this
context?

Thanks.
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てらんない- can't bear to do ~
なんか in this context is used to emphasize the contemptuous feeling towards the
object placed before it. So, because this person is busy, she doesn't have
time to watch TV, which this person seems to see as a waste of time.

I'm not aware of appropriate direct translation of this word in English, so
you may need to get creative in order to express the negative feeling.
Something like "I'm too busy to be wasting my time watching TV" would work.
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