It is now July 13, 2022. I was trying to find out about tv shows back in the 60s & 70s & cant seem to find an answer. The amount of times I have to see the same car ads have driven me to madness. I dont watch much broadcast or cable TV anymore, but there are some good shows out there. I have 30 second jump on my remote. Same goes for all the shows. MSNBC unwatchable. In Duncan B.C. Each of us only have a certain amount of time that we will get to live and be here on this earth. And I agree that news watching is probably up righT now, a boom for the tv stations. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. If I decide the program is special enough to want to keep a copy, I burn it to either a DVD-R or a BD (Blu-ray) blank and file it away in my library after editing out the commercial breaks. Are you really that weak willed? Anyway, viewers are beginning to revolt by not watching! They make more money from advertisers than from customers, so the customer gets fucked with the commercials. Ive cut the cord and now pay much less for far superior, ad-free content than I used to pay for 200+ channels of absolute crap punctuated by mind-numbing commercial messages. Sick. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. A commercial every 3 to 4 minutes. Im jealous of your time spent in advertising, its always seemed like a fascinating field. 6:30 a.m. 100 vehicles stuck at Top of the World Lookout in . Less money and no ads {except Hulu). The average audience for the four newsmagazine shows aired by the networks - ABC's 20/20, CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours, and NBC's Dateline - increased for each network about 10% in 2020, following a stable year for CBS and NBC in 2019 and a 21% increase for ABC in 2019. How many years of the rest of your life do you want to devote to advertisers? As for TV, I enjoyed TCMs commercial-free screenings of classic films, but realized I was overpaying for the amount of time I watched the channel. Thats the demographic watching the news. I guess Fox News is stuffed with ads for Trump and the Klan? I know Im in the minority; I actually dont mind the commercials, unless Im in a hurry to get through a show weve recorded. They are just using their collected info to do smarter targeted ads. all that being said, Ive considered this myself, when watching my cable news channels and casually watching what pops up in the ad space, and I wonder silently, hmmm, they must not know that Im not in this age range, but clearly I am, and just not thinking I am. 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. As soon as a commercial comes on, most of which are about side effects from prescription medicine, I mute it and catch up on my reading or do small chores. Even if a dvr or fast forward is used, the actual story of the show has been cut. 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?) The news started at 6:30 and was finished at 6:59. My very biggest gripe is what FEW channels I did have, ABC, CBS, NBC, and especially heartbreaking, as it was my favorite channel, TNT,. Im pretty sure they have added at least 1.5 mins of commercials this year per hour. Mr. Zinda is correct; venting your ire here will only provide fuel to the advertisers fire, and the stations really DONT CARE whether you watch their commercials or not, because theyve ALREADY BEEN PAID for that ad. I cannot stand watching the news anymore. Streaming services are similar to what cable used to in the beginning. Then the total commercial load is closer to 50%. I watch CNN frequently and as often as not when I turn it on what comes on is a COMMERCIAL. For many cruise passengers, bars play a pretty large role in their . The sort of funny thing is the people being targeted have no ability to prescribe drugs. Their news is factual. I think well have a casserole, so I can watch Dr. Phil at 4PM. In fact the entire ad biz irks me greatly. The FCC? That man is beyond handsome and bordering pretty. I was watching a 1951 episode of the Adventures of Superman..guess how long the actual run time was..28.50 minutes exactly. the second half is tough to watch; it must be 70% 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. Thats the good old american way. Is your bathroom closer to the TV? View all posts by Jim Borden. If you want to add other channels there are bundles or single channels available to be added to your package. Thanks, Michael, for adding your insights. the companies are spending on these ad buys, because they know the numbers support this. people are trapped in their homes and worried about what is going on. Ive noticed that people present their beliefs, get attacked, and then the attackers get offended when someone says anything like What are you 13 years old?. I saw the curvature of the Earth when I was in an airplane flying over the ocean. These greedy bastards better wake up, streaming subscriptions are surpassing cable satillite. 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. And we get more commercial ads then ever. 5 mins of news 10 mins of commercials, they obviously need to pay for those big salaries, BS, BS, BS, a bunch of sell outs!!! Watch the latest news videos and the top news video clips online at ABC News. I looked this up and wrote this while waiting for some actual news on CNN. Love the analysis. Doing this makes me even madder knowing that these folk lie to their advertisers about live viewer numbers. Plus no one is going to produce a quality TV show if the TV stations dont have any money. Yes. January 25, 2022. Bravo, Sir! About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. 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. But it is so not worth the huge fees. Dish is adamant (rightly so I hope) that the BETAMAX case that went to the Supreme Court years ago settled the time-shifting of recorded material for the sole purpose of non commercial (not for hire or re-braodcast) use by the consumer was not an infringement on the copyright of the broadcasters nor their TV ad subsidized commercials. I love how you broke all this down. NO MORE. a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies This news program lies to hurt President Trump, Republicans, and conservatives. Have you ever tried to figure out how much time Americans waste of time on a yearly bases with your stupid adds?? For unscripted programs such as reality shows, commercials use more than 13 minutes of that hour. But the length of each episode of the 2006 remaster of Star Trek (the original series) come out at about 48 minutes less commercials, so there were a lot of edits made. We overdo everything. and we begin tonight with the alarming new number with the I think the days of showing a movie on commercial TV are over. If that is still the case most of the channels are not following that. And the redundant teasing of a six word News headline, as another reader mentioned-is so darn annoying. My wife mutes ALL commercials. David Muirs nightly news at 6:30 is absolutely THE WORST when it comes to commercials. Viacom currently airs the most commercial minutes per hour among the cable groups, at 15.1. I have a method to this madness, I watch these stations and flip during the commercials: ABC News, CNN News, and HLN News. So I checked what was happening by turning the same show on through Comcast online through the computer, and could see the 10-30 seconds of the show that was missing as presented on the On Demand through the cable. I wasnt going to bother contributing to this bitch-fest, but decided to post this comment after reading yours. I get so sick and tired of seeing nothing but commercials that I promised myself that I would not buy ANYTHING that was advertised by these stations. These days, I find myself watching General Hospital less and less. You can watch ABC live without cable with one of the following options: fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV with an HD antenna, YouTube TV, and DirecTV Stream. Can sound incoherent. Ha! Still, I am paying good money for this bull-help is very much needed! NR | 11.16.21 | 20:47 | CC. 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. That very first soap ad on TV eons ago screwed us. My Doctor friend told me while eating lunch that if a drug was heavily advertised a patient should never, never ever take it. All tv outlets are doing this now, Logo airs Fresh Prince in 45min blocks. I need ur help..what bis the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO TNX.. Notice that insurance companies (looking at you geico, liberty, allstate, farmers, general, etc.) I need ur help.. what is the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO tnx.. 28 commercials on channel 251, August 27, 2017. Even sports broadcasts have become painful to me Id rather follow the score in an app and catch the highlights later. 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. I actually watched a Friends episode specifically for the purpose of timing the commercials. Freedom from commercials was the carrot they offered to switch from broadcast tv cable tv . Whats worse is they play the same commercial several times a slot! Watch PBS, commercial free and you get actual news and not what a pundit thinks. 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). Can forget HGTV and a number of other stations. my dad told me that there was an FCC regulation on how many commercials could be shown at one time. I am 69 years old and handicapped, my only entertainment is television..well, I can only hope the greedy corporate heads will have nothing but commercials run thru their heads as they try to sleep plus end up with television as their only source of entertainment because of the same health issues I have. Same with ASPCA, UNICEF, CARE, wasteful charities. This might be a good thing as we free ourselves from the idiot box and start taking in our surroundings. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. Because of all the commercials I cut my cable subscription to just basic and purchased a roku stick. MY GOOD GOD so much time is wasted on non-programs, the very programs we PAY to watch. As I recall almost of the commercials in the 1960s were one minute long. More time spent on ads than on the story itself. GREED by the program actors and producers is the cause of all the AdsIt absolutely riduclous the number of Ads we have to sit through to watch a show on TV.5 minutes of Show/5 minutes of Ads,we get 30 minutes of show of whats supposed to be an hour show and 15 minutes of show of whats supposed to be a half hour show and the actors get 6 figures a show. shows were paying for. The commercials FINALLY ended! Why are we one of them? 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. how the pilot navigated power lines and buildings. And I watched it for a while, just to see that it was STILL cut all to hell to add yet more commercials. Otherwise I would sit and let the day go by, whilst the Boob Tube sucks at my brain! We refuse to pay $100 a month anymore for TV broadcasting full of ads that mostly insult our intellegence. Everone should know how much their time is worth per hour. it is amazing how many side effects these drugs have; seems like the cure is almost as bad as the disease. Her accent is as grating as the commercial breaks. For profit, pro-corporate news will never deliver anything approaching the truth. I rarely look at So there was only 20 minutes of the actual show. These channels wont keep discriminating audiences for very long at the rate they are going down the road to commercialization. I also get the names of the drugs confused and what exactly each one is for. It means they can block out real news (and have smaller staffs) and kill-off an hour time block that was formerly occupied by real news. I am always on the lookout for a clever or funny commercial. I have read 191 comments regarding the disgust of The myth was that you would pay for cable in order to be free from commercial interruption. The ABC is set to be hit with a major staff strike after employees voted today for protected industrial action over a dispute concerning low pay from management. I like watching TV. Whether it happens or not depends. This Microsoft Office 365 Feature Sums Up the Current State of Politics in the U.S. This makes both sad and scary reading to me A sign of the times.. We have had a DVR for 10 years or so. I mute all commercials, and if I do see an advertiser on way more than others, I never buy their product. Now it is almost 50%. You have to factor in all of the late night infomercials as well. I am guessing at some point well just be watching CNN all day . Get the latest news stories and headlines from around the world. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. And at ABC World News Tonight, it's been 81 minutes for Trump and. I close my eyes during the estimated commercial times. TvLand is the worst. 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. For fun yesterday I counted how many commercials played during break the average is 10 up to 13 that is crazy. Some of the actors had only their names listed (you actually saw them on the screen, but had no idea who they were) . 1. Great observations, Jim. So, sponsors became alternate week sponsors and now participating sponsor (an ad here an ad there). Yes thats so right! A lawyer friend told us same lunch, that those drug companies had help put his children through college, med school and law school. In a significant move, ABC News chief White House correspondent Cecilia Vega is departing the network to join CBS News, where she will be a correspondent on 60 Minutes. Its surprising that they actually find time for any news amongst all those ads! Put that money toward your cause and stop making us all feel guilty over stuff we cant really change. 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. Just to show you how much advertising length and frequency has Changed Commercials are included. So we take that even further and do not buy products advertised on TV, we feel if its heavily advertised the product is over priced. Blame Disney! Then proceed to the bathroom and complete the three Ss, ending with a shower. The number of commercials shown in a typical hour of television has increased steadily over the past five years, the Los Angeles Times Company Town reports, citing a study from Nielsen. I usually go to the kitchen to make my sandwiches. I was watching the season finale of agents of shield, for an hour long show the actual show only showed in 5 minute intervals, the commercials lasted 10-12 minutes. Find news videos and watch full episodes of World News Tonight With David Muir at ABCNews.com. The date and time was selected to impact news coverage . 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 . Otherwise, I just become annoyed, and turn off the TV. Advertising is EVERYWHERE, blighting the landscape and the media. And no I am not 13 I am 14. How is the word commercial defined? Watch any Nova or Nature on wednesday night. 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. On that date it is IMPORTANT not to allow yourself to be sold yet again a cheaper package that they may offer which will only come back to haunt us all again. 1- Many commercials are dumb as a stump at best. UNTIL, we Boycott TV all together. Happens to me all the time, I have not paid nor watched any cable or satellite in a decade and im only 29, i will not ever pay for it unless the commmercials are removed or Drastically altered, i just will not do it. He could be the next Bond I understand we need them (or at least the stations do), But 41 in an hour.. Thats pathetic.. Ilikebigbboob@gmail.com Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. in contrast, just look at the printed news, a shadow of its former self, all due to loss of ad revenue having moved to an online format, and lack of volume of people who read a real paper anymore, other than a demo of mostly oldies like myself. Thirteen minutes per hour? I can no longer pay for TV and have more minutes of advertising than a program I am canceling my Direct TV. 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. I am almost off my blood pressure meds. And many times, I wont bother to switch it back. I hit the mute button every time Joe Namath shows up again for an advertisement for Medicare coverage. 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