I have read 191 comments regarding the disgust of Put that money toward your cause and stop making us all feel guilty over stuff we cant really change. Youre shelling out good money for the dubious privilege of being treated like a mindless consumer. IM GONE. Our obsession with money is at a disgusting level. 9 commercials in a row on KMGH channel 9 on Wednesday, 10/13/21, Why? The number came out to 25 minutes of commercials and just over 22 minutes of actual show. Maybe the liberty guy hopes to get those 2 woman to pull over so he can pork them and cut them up with his unshaven face. As yet they have not choreographed their commercials to run concurrently which I find to be a blessing. Too many adsfar too many dishonest ads & profligate lies, l4ies & more LIES! I rarely look at They said frickin at least 300 times Once you begin enjoying some of their wide variety of comm free programming, you will actually want to support them as well. I am getting rid of the cable contract. Almost all insurance companies ads have animal (and sometimes they are the spokesman). I was watching a 1951 episode of the Adventures of Superman..guess how long the actual run time was..28.50 minutes exactly. A year ago or so I was watching Star Wars on a cable channel and I counted about 6 minutes of ads for every 5 minutes of movie. They dont see people they see $ sign, Online streaming services surpassed television. We are paying a lot of money for our TV viewing, and feel that customer satisfaction in the most important. I say God bless TMC which runs entire classic movies without commercial interruption. I can no longer pay for TV and have more minutes of advertising than a program I am canceling my Direct TV. Aggravating, distracting and actually counterproductive. Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. Then proceed to the bathroom and complete the three Ss, ending with a shower. Using the autopsy feature on anything is a sure way to leave the door open to your loss. "The increased number of commercials has translated to more money flowing into television. a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies 2- When we watch annoying commercials I will go out of my way to avoid buying the product or services. CNN has gone totally political now, with the anchors boasting their ideas-not the publics. A survey among media buying agencies showed that a 30 second TV ad during the broadcast of '60 Minutes' during the 2020/21 season cost around 130 Here in UK we get 3 minute add break every 12-15 minutes and on BBC, there are no adverts. This might be a good thing as we free ourselves from the idiot box and start taking in our surroundings. Watch only the first half then turn it off. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. Such a irritating every time whenever watching tv or one thing every news chennel has a tie up with each other they take comercial break same time such a pain. FoxNews is one of the worse. Why cant all advertising be put on a special advertising channel and not on regular tv? GROSS !!!!!!! The next commercials are in five minutes, allowing me plenty of time to polish the tables and start my laundry. Its because Disney owns all the channels. i watch QVC and HSN because they dont show ads, I just wish there were more channels that would also stop running the ads. I DVR everything and FF through it all but having to pay attention enough to catch them all is annoying too. Now its mainly Pawn Stars and other such rubbish. Plus DVRing all TV shows is the way to do it. But the mere frequency and length of the advert breaks makes the channel unwatchable. In an ideal world, a commercial rating would be the precise number of viewers who saw a TV spot, whether it ran for one They show more and more commercials, I watch less and less TV. 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. The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. Nobody does it better. Could not bear it any longer. Its called Infomercial TV. Cut. To many commercials.across the board no matter what channel you are watching. Sorry but nothing short of a massive Television boycott is going to get any decision makers attention.. One of these days a Network will realize that if they establish standards and reject commercials with yelling, screaming, and other obnoxious audio, their Nielsen ratings would increase. Why dont they just run commercials 24 / 7.THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM IT ! Anyway, viewers are beginning to revolt by not watching! Why dont they take the billions of $$$ blown on frivolous advertising, lower their rates accordingly and maybe save their customers some real money ? You will learn to appreciate our Gift of Life, and have your brain enhanced as well. Im sure the shows back then were at least 50-53 minutes long. They have done a very good job at alienating viewers now by LOADING the broadcast with commercial interruptions. I also doubt that the commencials happen every 6 minutes, that would mean 10 breaks but only 90 seconds of commercials at a break, way lower. Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. I usually always watch two shows at once , and sometimes itll be three , so when Commercials come on one I flip to the other. my money pay for ?My last Shaw Bill took 21 days to get to my Mail box. The broadcast lasted three hours and 15 minutes, but it included 18 separate commercial breaks that in total lasted 43 minutes not including the halftime break. The next episode starts at 3:42PM and ends at 4:12PM. Have noticed commercial are the same for over a year. The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these Youre dumb. A WebMost hour shows have about 5 breaks, but the number of breaks doesn't really matter since it usually amounts to 16-19 minutes total. REMEMBER THIS IS THE UNITED MESSAGE THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM US OR SEE ON ANY OF THESE COMPLAINT BLOGS. Hell, just a few years ago FX ran LOTR Two Towers, a special 2 night airing: 2 nights in a row, 4hrs each night, EIGHT HOURS to air a 3hr movie. you may all hate the commercials, but it is what pays for the programs you watch. It does absolutely NO GOOD to gripe about TV ads on forums like this one. Again, you must know your show. OK we all HATE commercials but what can we do about it? It's always "We'll be right back", and then when it comes back on, he spends 20 sec recapping the last 60-second segment. The ads are stupid, monotonous, even condescending to men, who are made to look like worthless, bumbling fools or worseAARP ads flood the screen, dishonest PCH ads claim to offer money no one ever wins(have you ever heard of anyone winning any PCH prizes? But to see all I wanted, I was forced to go to the Dark Side, A fireTV stick, properly programmed, gets me most everything I could ever want to watch for free, no commercials. About 25-30% of the tv show is not what we want to see. time slot to show 1.5/1.75 hour movie . Best thing we ever did. When I was a kiddo news-junkie in the 60s, networks did not saturate their news programs with commercials. Every time I see the POTUS, I expect it will the first time for there to be some trash corporate logo on the presidential lectern. After reading through 80% of these posts I have concluded that I myself am very surprised that cable was still available and people were actually paying for it? In this insanely capitalistic nation, meaningful legislation to ease this torture is highly unlikely. Few if any commercials because that is what the monthly fee was for and there would be no need for commercials. Best solution. I also use the mute button but, Im tired of that as well. Thats the only way to force the cable company to modify their commercials policies. How about socializing insurance instead of socializing health care? Now end credits are zapped SO FAST one cannot see who did what or who was who on the screen. It is getting to the point where we watch a lot less tv about ready to drop cable. 60 minute program, without the ads equals to 42-44 minutes, going but TV box sets such as 24 one hour show but each episode on the DVD is around 42-44 minutes long. Old shows that ran 22 minutes per 1/2 hour are so cut up its almost unrecognizable. I do not have a DVR, but I do have start-over with my cable box. Commercials there but not quite as so annoying -yet. Thats why the only way we watch TV is to DVR the shows and fast forward through the commercials. my dad told me that there was an FCC regulation on how many commercials could be shown at one time. I limit my TV view on cable to mostly free movies on certain channels Tha t have no commercials. Commercial creep was a factor in my decision to dump cable altogether in favor of ad-free streaming services. In a one hour show, one is lucky to have 20 minutes of movie/tv show and 40 minutes of commercials. 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. He did this during his first days in office. Mind numbing, not to mention Butt numbing, broaden your horizons, get a hobby. Its just that, since we got cable TV, I only wash dishes during commercials. How much of your future retirement money are you willingly giving to advertisers? I hate to say it but by keeping cable or even Hulu or Amazon or watching you tube, youre just moving to the next platform thats already planning on how they can increase ads and charge you more way before you see it happen. 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. This is in Canada using telus. I noticed on one channel they have commercials about every 12 to 15 minutes for the first 45 minutes. 90% of funds go into execs pockets, almost NOTHING goes to benefit the cause the charity was created to help. If the 13-minute figure was accurate I would only see a commercial when I turn the TV on once in four times. It is merely a place for the broadcasters to offer an opinion or guests who push them or the show SO THAT THEY GET PAID. PBS! I get much better information from online news sources, apps like The Guardian, and from international streaming sources, all of which are free and are much lighter on the commercial load. We were happier without the darn crap on TV anyhow. In the US there are approximately eight or 8-1/2 minutes of commercials per half hour of Broadcast Television. Not only is most programming very repetitive and out dated is the constant same commercials and infomercials. our dose of corporate vomit (adverts) has been slashed significantly. I too use comm breaks for household tasks. Greed has no inhibitions. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. To whom should we forward our requests for relief from excessive TV advertising? I find traditional cable simply unwatchable bad shows loaded with ads and it offends me that cable companies charge a premium for access to this garbage. Everone should know how much their time is worth per hour. Look it up. I just turn off the TV or change channels nothing is so good that you have to put up with that. 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! In other words, they expand the viewing time by almost half for your commercial enjoyment. I will mute the TV & go do something else or program the flashback button to TCM, where Im not subjected to mindless insurance, prescription drug and acne ads. 1- Many commercials are dumb as a stump at best. There is an insidiousness about this. Like all other TV distributors RCN also interrupt their shows every 3-4 minutes with the most stupid unintelligent add programs. Thanks for PBS and thanks for recordings. WebStep 2. In terms of golf on the golf channel I believe there are more commercials than golf which is rather disruptive and makes viewing totally unfavorable.I would prefer to tape and fast forward on all commercials and I believe more and more people are doing this. The frequent interruptions also add to our anger and frustration. Also, the programs would end at the actual time instead of on the hour. 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. If only we could return to those halcyon days before big pharma was allowed TV ads. I am tired of all the feminine and hygiene products such as, tampon, bra, panty and the other commercials. The first commercial comes in just a couple of minutes. I have a personal relationship with my doctor (who is himself robbed by malpractice insurance). Im pretty much done with that. Im just waiting until wireless internet gets up to speed and bye-bye Comcast altogether. 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. All tv outlets are doing this now, Logo airs Fresh Prince in 45min blocks. Ill bet you every penny I have that Google has already copied and filed this post Im going to post and might even try to block me from getting it posted by not allowing my catpcha to work or simply error the page and clear the screen . Here in the UK, if a show on the BBC is shown as lasting 30 minutes, it will be that long as there's no advertising there. and no way to delete it. I only noticed it because some of the shows I was watching seemed to be going unusually ABRUPTLY from show to commercial. Yes. I give it 3-4 minutes and switch back. Boycott Cable, even CNN, there is no other way they will learn. Movies same format. Having recently relocated, I cut the cord and record programs I want to see to a PC via a gadget I bought on eBay, watch the program without the commercials, then delete the file after viewing. Netflix & Acorn as my streaming shows. Have been watching over the air channels for a year because cable is a rip off. at one scene Marcus Lattrell said Frick You. I think well have a casserole, so I can watch Dr. Phil at 4PM. Majority aimed at senior citizens cheaply produced forms of insurance. Watching the View, Dr. Phil, the news and many most other shows especially Y & R go way beyond the allowed limit, is anyone watching? https://sites.google.com/view/hotel-managements/home. 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. Act 1: All the shit that leads up to the first commercial break. AMAC uses its funds to actually HELP seniors, not to rip them off like AARP does at every turn! Additionally, I find that very often, time is cut from the movie or program to make space for even more commercials! Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. When I lived in England, We hated to buy a license to watch the BBC. Really? I have been researching, all I really wanted was the History Channel and the news but they cut the better of the history channels!!! I dont watch much broadcast or cable TV anymore, but there are some good shows out there. Is your bathroom closer to the TV? (Because no one would watch it of their own choice proving were not interested in them)! All it takes is a DVR or a PC and a liitle determination to flip-off the advertisers! I sure have not!) 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