Connect both air pods and tv speakers at same time

Would be nice to be able to use headphones or AirPods the same time as using regular speakers. Husband has a hard time understanding some of the vocals and with CC on he’s busy reading what’s being said. I would like to hear thru the speakers but both can’t be used at the same time. Please try to fix some can both be happy! Thank you!

Hello BufordT21,

This page here can help to provide a good breakdown of playing audio from the Apple TV: Use Apple TV to play audio throughout your home - Apple Support

On there it'll help to clarify the following:

Note: If you select headphones from the list of output options, other device speakers are turned off.

You may always opt to provide feedback to Apple regarding changes or features you'd like to see however. The dedicated feedback site may be found here: Product Feedback - Apple

Cheers.