Television shows lately seem to interrupt commercials instead of the other way around!

hauntedtexan

hauntedtexan

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Have you noticed the steady increase of commercials on television shows? On top of that, there are all these little corner pop-ups advertising upcoming shows. You cannot set your DVR to record "only new" shows without getting bombarded with extended episodes, enhanced episodes, and, especially with the COPS tv series, mislabeled old episodes that show up as new. Every tv show, towards the end, has about 5 minutes of commercials, then 2 minutes of filler from the tv show, then about 3 more minutes of commercials! While I'm on a rant, what about the cheap local companies that actually extend their 30 second commercials right into the show you're watching, causing part of the program to disappear.... they can kiss my. :kissmy:
 

They can kiss my :kissmy:too. I am so sick of all the commercials. It's bad enough what cable costs and then we have to put up with not so good shows and thousands of commercials.I can't even imagine the amount of money the cable companies make between our bills and the money off the commercials.
 
I remember when cable was largely commercial-free.

But yes, the commercials have increased, Take it from an OCD that actually kept track of commercials for half-hour and hour shows with a stopwatch. :rolleyes:
 

The commercial breaks drive me crazy. I loathe them so much, I canceled cable. Now we watch Netflix or Amazon. We used to have Hulu Plus, too, but I cancelled it. It current network shows on, and one can pay a little more to watch them free of commercials. I haven't missed network or cable tv even a little bit.

When cable tv first came out, I had a part-time job at the station. One of their big selling points was being commercial-free. They got everyone hooked before they added commercials.
 
A couple of years ago, I tracked the evening news on ABC/CBS/NBC for several days. On average, these evening 30 minute news broadcasts consisted of 17 minutes of news, and 13 minutes of commercials...lately, I'm beginning to think that the numbers are reversed, now, to where the commercials consume more time than the news.
 
Even on free TV, non-cable, the commercials are so long that they mimic infomercials. Even on AM talk radio shows, almost 15 minutes of every half hour of a show is ads. :rolleyes:
 
I hate those pop ups as well. Very distracting. We record everything we watch. At least that way we can zip through the commercials or mute them. The hubby also records the show after the show we want to watch because if it runs over we would otherwise miss it. He has this down pat and doesn't miss a beat. As for myself, way to much trouble. I'd rather read a book.
 
I pretty much record anything I want to watch and then watch it later so I can whizz through the commercials. They get sneaky, though, and fool you into thinking the show has come back on with a couple of seconds of advertisements FOR the show. My patience has just about disappeared with age and I just can't stand to sit through the commercials.....although it is a good exercise program as I sometimes get up and trot around the house during commercials (I can trot through the living room, turn right at the hall, then turn right into and through the kitchen, trot into the dining room and turn right back into the living room.) I think I'm going to patent the exercise program: "Adver-Cize with Jujube". I'll make a fortune!
 
With the rising costs of health care in the U.S., I'm surprised that there isn't some public pressure to get rid of these "Ask your Doctor" TV ads. The ONLY 2 nations which allow this nonsense to be broadcast are the U.S. and New Zealand. On average, a TV ad costs around $100.000 per 30 second spot on national tv stations. This adds up to hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars in advertising costs which the drug companies certainly pass on to the consumers of these drugs. If anyone in Washington was Serious about reducing this nations health care costs, this would be a prime place to start....but, then, considering the amount of money the drug companies give to political campaigns, we probably shouldn't hold our breath.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/16/drug-companies-ads-dangers.aspx
 
Don M. said:
With the rising costs of health care in the U.S., I'm surprised that there isn't some public pressure to get rid of these "Ask your Doctor" TV ads. The ONLY 2 nations which allow this nonsense to be broadcast are the U.S. and New Zealand. On average, a TV ad costs around $100.000 per 30 second spot on national tv stations. This adds up to hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars in advertising costs which the drug companies certainly pass on to the consumers of these drugs. If anyone in Washington was Serious about reducing this nations health care costs, this would be a prime place to start....but, then, considering the amount of money the drug companies give to political campaigns, we probably shouldn't hold our breath.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/16/drug-companies-ads-dangers.aspx
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I either record shows or put them on pause long enough so that I can FF through ads. I think there are fewer in any case here in the UK.

The fact that it is so easy to ignore them or FF makes me wonder if ads on TV are not becoming a waste of time and money for the people that pay for them though.
 
I no longer have television. I subscribe to Netflix and have Amazon Prime. No commercials there, phew! That way I can watch what I want not what programmers schedule and no longer sit through those annoying ads. I'm with you about the ads. I can watch a series straight through without having to wait a week for another episode which is great. I prefer BBC has a lot of great shows with far less sex and violence than American shows.
 
I know what you mean. I rarely watch shows using cable anymore (and when I do it's On Demand). I watch via Hulu Plus or my Kodi & SPMC apps. No commercials. It's amazing that commercials take up about 18 minutes of viewing time per hour show. If you watch six shows a week, you can save almost two hours by avoiding commercials.
 
I absolutely can't stand commercials. If I am stuck with them while otherwise enjoying a show ("Jeopardy," or "Waiting For Saul," for instance), I hit the mute button or switch to another channel for a couple of minutes. By now, I know which other shows are on at the same time. Or I'll look in at one of the news channels to catch up on our latest national insanity.

Aside from that, most of the shows I enjoy are on Netflix, Acorn, HBO, and PBS, all commercial-free.
 
Only watch TV in the evenings ... and I've gotten so used to the long commercial breaks on regular TV, that I clean up the kitchen, or take the dogs for a mini walk during those breaks. :p
 
My views of adverts .... I'm 84 years old. My remaining time on earth is too limited and therefore too valuable to waste it watching absurd advertisements . I record programs I wish to see and then fast forward adverts - or try to - but I find that the Comcast/Xfinity remote does not work nearly as efficiently or accurately as the remote from Direct satellite. Had to change service provider due to move and so far it's the only aspect of move I'm truly unhappy with.
 
Commercials get to irritate me so much I canceled cable. Prefer just browse the web for what I feel like watching
 

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