So now I stream ad-free movies and shows for far less money, and am much more satisfied for it. they say he had two firearms and multiple magazines in a backpack. I need an app that will automatically write a clever, witty, and thought-provoking blog for me every day, Hahaha other way around, I think you should be writing the app , Im not sure if even I would download an app I created . In about 15 years most of the television stations will be gone because they cannot charge very much for their commercial space if everyone is skipping thru the commercials with their Fast Forward buttons. We refuse to pay $100 a month anymore for TV broadcasting full of ads that mostly insult our intellegence. Cut. Average audiences for the network TV Sunday morning political talk shows on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC This Week, Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday and Meet the Press, respectively benefited from the election season, each increasing by about 20% in 2020. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. Gone are adverts for restaurant chains, holidays, airways and now we have health insurance and all other insurances and banks. You show you have no respect for your customers. I can go the bathroom, make a sandwich, and finish it, and the commercials are still not over. And more commercials are being jammed into that growing ad hole, with the number of 30-second spots decreasing while the number of 15-second ads rises. Why cant you do like in Denmark where adds are placed between programs. An aging, and not healthy, tribeTheres an opportunity for entrepreneurs here somewhere. TCM with its great movies, commercial-free. So once it was over I decided to watch it again, and write down how many commercials there were, how long each one aired, and what the commercial was for. Ready to go back to broadcast TV. If the 13-minute figure was accurate I would only see a commercial when I turn the TV on once in four times. On Friday night's edition of ABC World News Tonight, Muir aired portions of an interview he conducted with Biden at the White House earlier Friday.. Muir spent a solid three minutes on the . GREED IS OUT OF CONTROL!! If you back out the time for teases thats even less time of actual news. The End Is Near for Free TV. This news program lies to hurt President Trump, Republicans, and conservatives. I use to like watching CBS this morning but by the time they finish their 15 minutes of ads I was forgetting what they were going to show next. These commercials are terrible for news programs because a viewer never gets to know anything about a story because of interruptions. , This insane amount of drug commercials can make you feel sick. Just finished watching the newest Bates Motel even though i recorded and was skipping commercials I was baffled at how many times i had to hit the 30 second skip. Week after week same thing its so stupid and the same ones over and over on the same Show! We paid to watch TV, not the advertisers. The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. AARPs rival AMAC spends its money actually working on behalf of senior citizensnot wasting multiple millions on dishonest ads wooing unaware seniors to part with their money by joining AARP. Senators/Representatives? I find that I can usually watch all 3 of the major news channels at once and not miss much of the programming on any of them. Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. by Alexander Pope. Advanced nations in the world should be funding contraception for women in third-world nations anyway. I video taped most of the TV movies; sports and news. I get Amazon Prime free because Im a member (and use Amazon to order a lot of stuff). The irony is that consumer based propaganda (ads) helps sell the political propaganda that frequently masquerades as news. I dont watch any commercials if I had to I would not be able to have TV. So if an episode is 24-26 minutes without comercials then air the epispde in its entirety first then take the remaining 4-6 minutes for comercials and repeat. It is 4 AM, so I dont feel like researching this, maybe someone else will do the honors. yes, that is quite annoying as well; they easily cover twice as many stories if they would stop all the lead-ins for an upcoming story. The Liberty Insurance ads are on at least 200 times a day. So cable gets paid from us and through commercials, and nobody is getting off cheap! Rather this boycott will only be effective and send a clear message to all those responsible for the low and poor quality of Television today if we stand united. No cable, and sometimes no over the air television either. When i watch it i skip the commercials . Who is the DIM-WHIT that expects us to see light gray text on white? The sad thing is I cant change channels fast enough or mute the damn things fast enough to prevent me from going into a rage screaming at the TV ( cause I dont want to hurt anyones feelings?) As advertisements increase the Cable Companys are making a bundle so there comes a time when the Cable Companys should no longer charge the consumer. My friend says I only saw curvature because the plane's windows are curved. I was watching a show the other night and decided to count the commercials.. if the public hated the show, the sponsor was screwed. 2:22. I would be curious to know if the reason for more and more commercials is that operating costs keep going up or if its going into profits for the cable companies and their executives. Most people simply live with it, of course. Picture that! I have just finished reading all of the comments above and not a single person is wrong! ABCs evening news will rush through their stories to give you the pharmaceutical commercials which are longer than any story segment. So it's taken me about half an hour to 45 minutes longer than usual," Copeland said. The FCC? having worked in the advertising business for a number of years, I can tell you that your conclusions are on the right track. Which means my 1 hour show was almost 20mins of commercials. Last Sunday we tried to watch the ABC Sunday night Movie. ASPCA LIES & grossly misleads in its ads. OK we all HATE commercials but what can we do about it? Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. A lawyer friend told us same lunch, that those drug companies had help put his children through college, med school and law school. Half the time Im not sure what condition they seek to address because the ads are ambiguous and then the name of the drug sounds like the one from the previous commercial. And we can still watch 10 minutes of Good Morning America at 7AM CST, and have the next TWENTY MINUTES of commercials to make our lunches for work. Maybe theyre on a lot more, but we just cant watch all the channels at once. PULL THE PLUG!! Why pay to watch commercials. About 25-30% of the tv show is not what we want to see. I cut the cord in August, 2009 and have never missed it. plus, a severe thunderstorm watch at this hour in parts of the south. Its no secret. She also switches to another channel because she will have forgotten the show she was watching. Its rediculus that some commercials last as long as 7 minutes or longer. I understand we need them (or at least the stations do), But 41 in an hour.. Thats pathetic.. Ilikebigbboob@gmail.com Early TV credits had me scratching my head. Great post, Jim! All it takes is a DVR or a PC and a liitle determination to flip-off the advertisers! The underlying event is not really newsworthy. The practice continues because it works and again, it is a necessary component of the business model. Vega, a veteran TV anchor . Watching the View, Dr. Phil, the news and many most other shows especially Y & R go way beyond the allowed limit, is anyone watching? I subscribe to Sling for sports, but will be cutting that as well,in a day or two. The price for this great deal was only $49.00 a month. I close my eyes during the estimated commercial times. Bless you and your formula for resisting consumer propaganda. ~Ben Im sure both the ads and the shows such cool stuff would be associated arent nearly as depressing as the news and its commercials. REMEMBER THIS IS THE UNITED MESSAGE THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM US OR SEE ON ANY OF THESE COMPLAINT BLOGS. Whats cool about YouTubeTV is that you can record any program you like and just skip through the commercials as if you were using your old DVR that Comcast up-charged you for. If only we could return to those halcyon days before big pharma was allowed TV ads. Upon your return you should have a decent amount of news with the ability fast forward through all the adds and guff this news opperater wishes to chuck at you..Nuff said. I watch CNN frequently and as often as not when I turn it on what comes on is a COMMERCIAL. I do not have a DVR or any way of recording..just a normal size t.v. Helen -you are ingenious! I DVR a lot of what I watch. There is no escape. You just came back from commercial 20 seconds ago! For many cruise passengers, bars play a pretty large role in their . a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies House party ending in gunfire leads to 3 teens shot, 1 injured: HCSO . What will it accomplish? You really do like numbers and that is good that there are people like you! abbvie ceo richard gonzalez wife; how far is haddonfield, illinois from chicago Youre right, Id rather not see those commercials! But the thing that I cant understand is the fact that customers think that posting their complaints will actually have any impact on anything. This is really interesting, Jim. I cannot blame my wife as shes on Medicare. within minutes. MUCH more productive. I noticed that a long time ago. Greed. Uhh, they do. I am losing my freaking mind over the repetition of commercials constantly being unloaded on us. But it is so not worth the huge fees. 2 minutes later, at 6:51, the ad break ended. The comments posted here, if they were put in written letter form (NOT emails), properly addressed to the FCC would certainly approach the desired effect of annoying the person responsible for reading and respondong to each of them. I believe the 30 minutes of nightly news has more than 10 minutes of ads. We go to the least expensive product that has the safest ingredients. https://sites.google.com/view/hotel-managements/home. Like all other TV distributors RCN also interrupt their shows every 3-4 minutes with the most stupid unintelligent add programs. COAL TELEVISION COMMERCIAL: You're looking at the most abundant fuel in our country. The manufacturers of these product want to sell their wares, but to inundate us with all the hype and propaganda about these products, I am seriously considering selling my TV and start doing something else with my time. Ill record and speed thru commercials BUT!!! there is way to many commerices on GH NOT ENOUGH OF THE SOAP SHOW I BEEN WATCHING THIS SOAP SINCE IT STARTED ON TV A LONG TIME LOUISE I WANT TO SEE IT ON FOR 2 HOURS EVERY DAY LESS COMMERICES AND LIKE TO SEE THEM ALL SING OUT THE SHOW THAT WAS SO GREAT AND WANT TO SEE LUKE BACK AND SCORPIE BACK THANKYOU. Great, she said. The three networks advertiser expenditures for the morning news programs each remained steady in 2020, though CBS and NBC saw increases in 2019 (12% and 7%, respectively). All tv outlets are doing this now, Logo airs Fresh Prince in 45min blocks. I have noticed a great increase in commercialson TNT morning shows and they are all the same old ones. (Average audience is defined as the average number of TVs tuned to a program throughout a time period.). in a few more years the television industry with pass into history. FoxNews is one of the worse. I have 30 second jump on my remote. Here in the UK ,sat least we have some half dozen channels from the BBC with no commercials ,worth the 200 dollars yearly mandatory fee, all the hundreds of channels here are full of commercials,ads as we call them here,drive you mad . Ill copy and save it and try again if it does. Even PBS has ads. I would love to cut cable entirely and watch over the air but because of where I live, even with best antenna, I cannot get a signal. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. Only drawbacks are the learning curve and sometimes erratic streams which are likely caused by shitty Armstrong cable. Some of the crew had their name and job listed. I have recently started a website, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Same as the Toll Bridge myth. I was inspired to come on line here after a deluge of ads on BBC America. I mostly watch Netflix and get my news streamed on the Internet. The drug companies already spend large sums promoting their drugs to docs. As a former radio production engineer, I cannot tolerate the current ratio of commercials to music and have abandoned listening to radio entirely. (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. Then it goes to about every 9 or 10 and then during the last 30 minutes it is every 4 minutes. In a site I was at before coming here, Comcast, NBC, and MSNBC are suing Dish Network for use of the auto skip ad function their newest DVRs. Discovery Channel is worst over 20 mins of commercials per hour I want to quit watching, Look guys this stupid asshole states he enjoys comedy commercials. And another thing: The ads to support runaways, starving children (in every country), children with deformed lips or limbs, St Judes cancer hospital, desks and education of children in Africa, and abandoned and/or abused animals all for just $12/month or $19/month or $29/month. Its simply not worth the aggravation. In some cases they play the same commercials several times in one spot. Who do you complain to? There are no actual reporters anymore WHO TRULY FIND THE NEWS AND DEVELOP IT What burns me up the most are the small viewer days like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE VERY SOON. Increase in commercials? These ads were about 90 seconds of the 8 minutes 15 seconds of total commercials. I think that this channels target demographic must be senior citizens/shut ins/ and lower income folks, since most of the ads feature manipulative begging for money (ASPCA), products that aid the elderly, and medical information. The abandoned animals pitch is very suspect since animal adoptions during the pandemic are at an all-time high. I have been researching, all I really wanted was the History Channel and the news but they cut the better of the history channels!!! That is why I have gone to Netflix and antenna TV only I know other people will continue watching the cable and Dish and all the other ways out there. I usually just keep switching channels, then after an hour or two, I just put some music on, something relaxing to bring down my ire from all of those terrible advertisements. Ahead of Election Day, a record 244,000 early vote were cast. During that time period, there were 13 commercials, totaling about 8 minutes and 15 seconds. I could be interested in watching them but stopped watching. Not to mention that they are now speeding up the regular programming ever so slightly so they can squeeze in another mindless ad. Only way to avoid ads is via Amazon Prime or similar subscriptions. More time spent on ads than on the story itself. No unsightly antenna on the roof or tower to maintain. @Mr.Zinda: I never watched it in the first place other than the occasional impossible repair job I was facing and I quickly learned that if I couldnt figure out how to get something apart without breaking it, my chances of finding any help would either be non existent or a waste of my time sesrching. Because we put up with it ? Even pbs is loaded with advertisements. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. I know Shaw Staff gave me my e-mail That never worked from day one So Sea-Side Computers Stop or sign up for some online service. I to, have never bought a prodect that has been adderverised. Pro football's 2022-23 season has come to an end, and the most devoted fans will have to put up with basketball, hockey and baseball until the next Super Bowl set for Feb. 11, 2024, in Las . When it comes to commercial advertisements, I simply fast forward them. Doesnt seem that way anymore!!! Last year I started to watch football games with the remote nearby or in my hand so I could mute all the commercials. It is a sad indictment on our health and our health care system. 13 days ago. Financially, advertiser expenditure for the news programs of the three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) has been steady in recent years. I agree with you on the number of commercials but you are insinuating that RA is an old folk disease. It seems the ad companies and those pushing their products dont grasp the principal of diminishing returns. 42 minutes ago. What a joke $$$$ all that money spent and these idiots , that is all you can do? I timed a recent episode of Walking Dead with there being a 4 minute commercial break for every 6 minutes of episode, making a total of 24 minutes of commercial in one hour. Sure you only had a few premium channels, but the whole idea was to just watch movies. We are already doing that they just dont care and since more people are switching to streaming they need more adds to cover their lost profit, hence more commercials per hour, I cant stand fox NFL on Sundays or Thursday night football bc they fuck with more commercials then football damn it. Same goes for all the shows. Stop the ads ..we are sick of them where are the t.v.shows with out sooo many ads. I dont pay much attention to commercials but if it wasnt for Progressives Flo, I wouldnt know that Bigfoots name is Darryl. I just turn off the TV or change channels nothing is so good that you have to put up with that. I am sorry if I have caused any offence. Years ago when HBO first came out there were no commercials. Hundreds of ABC staff gathered around the country today and voted to walk off the job for 40 minutes at 2pm on Tuesday, 7 March. I m just sick of paying for dish cable ads where are the t.v. Now end credits are zapped SO FAST one cannot see who did what or who was who on the screen. Virtually all of the commercials were in good taste, the one. The cable or sattlelite networks thinks that no one will ever do anything significant for them to worry. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. And, despite what you might think, there is most definitely a Law of Synchronized Commercials! 6:30 a.m. 100 vehicles stuck at Top of the World Lookout in . I have been muting ALL TV commercials (and radio) for over 30 years and as far as I know, the ONLY advertised item I have ever bought was over twenty years ago when I purchased a tele-zapper which was a device that when installed on the incoming phone line sent out a signal to telemarketers that indicated the phone was disconnected which would start the process of eliminating unwanted phone calls. I can no longer pay for TV and have more minutes of advertising than a program I am canceling my Direct TV. I hit the mute button every time Joe Namath shows up again for an advertisement for Medicare coverage. mcrae, found in lansing, taking his own life as police moved in. Im just waiting until wireless internet gets up to speed and bye-bye Comcast altogether. *Includes, but not limited to AMC, Chiller, This, IFC, SyFi, TNT, and FX. That man is beyond handsome and bordering pretty. I use my TVs blue blanker and lightning fast reflexes to blank out commercials and they are fast to switch from the show right to the commercial. When watching something On Demand, they will insert their own commercials JUST BEFORE a regular commercial will present, such that if you just wait though the whole commercial set, you will be MISSING some of the actual program without even knowing it! July 20, 2005, edition of ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings", guest hosted by Charles Gibson. Theyll ride that horse until it drops dead on them. Read all Creator Roone Arledge Stars Diane Sawyer David Muir The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these My wife and I occasionally comment on just this topic. account for about 50% of all commercials. Thats why I have a dozen old remotes with worn out mute buttons. Im proud to say that I dont recognise a single advert on TV when I see one played wherever I might be. First half of the show isnt bad but the second half, my God..one report, a commercial, another report, a commercial, another report, a commercial..you see about 5 or 6 commercials in the span of about 10 minutes, its annoying. WTF! How many years of the rest of your life do you want to devote to advertisers? Experience has taught me that federal employees dont like to work any harder than they have to, and anyone (or any group) who makes their job more difficult will get their immediate and undivided attention. Soon my show is nearly over and I still have six commercials left to start supper! On ABC news, there is more time spent on commercials, than actual news. In other words, they dont just break INTO a show, and then resume at that same point in the show after the commercial, but they break OVER actual show content, and when the show resumes you never know that you missed part of the show, it was just left out! 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