Commercials.....Ugh!

AutumnOfMyLife

AutumnOfMyLife

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Commercials......I'm really bothered by commercials these days. I have counted up to ten of them between programing, consistently! I lose patience with this and tend to lose interest in the programing all together and turn off the stupid television. Anyone else?
 

Yeah, Tell me about it. :mad:
During a movie, there are 10 minutes of ads and 5 minutes of the movie.
I rarely buy any of the products they're pushing and absolutely REFUSE to purchase ANY
product of a really stupid commercial.

I do like some of the ads and approve of the way they are made. Mostly the clever and funny ones.

If I want to watch an old movie, I'll get it from the library. I'm not interested in paying extra money
for the site outlets. Rather read a good book.
 
I rarely watch TV except for TCM (when they actually show good movies), Movieplex, and PBS. I don't put up with commercials unless there is a program I really really want to watch. I like to watch Frasier late at night but the commercials are even more frequent, and longer, than during the day or prime time.

Seems like 90% of the time, when I am channel surfing, every single channel i go to is running a commercial, and they go on and on for so long I finally give up and turn the TV off.

That is one thing I like about watching soccer -- you get 45+ minutes of uninterrupted action, then a commercial break, then 45+ minutes more of uninterrupted action. And it's live. I don't have the patience to watch American football anymore.
 

I rarely ever watch television, choosing to freestream all my favourite series to watch on my widescreen computer monitor. It's great not to have to put up with commercials.
 
Most commercials really annoy me, especially the ones pushing prescription drugs. On weekends, the commercials are long lasting, like full blown infomercials.
 
I rarely watch TV but yeah there are more commercials than programming. You're watching History or Discovery and there's a crucial battle...what is about to happen? Suddenly have you lost a loved one to meselthemonia? Do you have erectile dysfunction? Irritable bowel syndrome? Have you considered a new arthritis medication that can cause sudden death? NONONO, leave me alone already...
 
The ads can be so annoying, but the latest ads on TV here involve little children-so cute-:A toddler having his blonde hair cut-his expressions priceless; the little girl making a big mess of her food-her innocent look-lovely!
And the ads featuring meerkats?-the little one wearing a sort of jumpsuit, gladly watch this ad over and over again.
 
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I hate those commercials, too, which is one reason I got rid of cable and now just do Netflix, Acorn TV, etc. Most of the ads assume the American public has an IQ of about 32 and are obsessed with erectile dysfunction.
 
fureverywhere said:
I rarely watch TV but yeah there are more commercials than programming. You're watching History or Discovery and there's a crucial battle...what is about to happen? Suddenly have you lost a loved one to meselthemonia? Do you have erectile dysfunction? Irritable bowel syndrome? Have you considered a new arthritis medication that can cause sudden death? NONONO, leave me alone already...
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For me, many commercials actually cause Irritable bowel syndrome....:shrug:
 
I've been counting the commercials too, Autumn - they're running between 10 -13 per commercial break. It seems there are two kinds of commercials now - 30 second quickies and full-blown one minute ones (usually for Rx drugs).

Either way, it's a royal pain watching anything but TCM.
 
Definately, at one time you could make a quick cup of tea during the commercials now you can almost make a three course meal !
 
fureverywhere said:
I rarely watch TV but yeah there are more commercials than programming. You're watching History or Discovery and there's a crucial battle...what is about to happen? Suddenly have you lost a loved one to meselthemonia? Do you have erectile dysfunction? Irritable bowel syndrome? Have you considered a new arthritis medication that can cause sudden death? NONONO, leave me alone already...
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Exactly!!!
 
Wren said:
Definately, at one time you could make a quick cup of tea during the commercials now you can almost make a three course meal !
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Ya, no more rushing to the bathroom and back, now you can pee, do the laundry, let the pets out and in again, make a snack and still have time left. Sheesh!
 
Since TV ads are necessary, it would be great if they fell under one of 2 classifications - entertaining or strictly informative - and were short and to-the-point. I have DVR so that I can fast-forward through the ads when watching regular programming. I also use OnDemand a lot.

Since we have so many options that allow skipping the ads, maybe ad-makers will wise up. And maybe TV stations will have to bite the bullet on profits from commercial revenues.
 

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