With Medicare enrollment going on right now its constant all day, it is sickening and unnecessary. have now turned to FOOTBALL, NASCAR, GOLF, HELL, any sports that please the male populationwomen may have won the vote, but thats all we have won..it is a mans world.a RICH mans world, I am sad at how our once wonderful world has changed to greed and the ruthless rich who control everything. 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 also use the mute button but, Im tired of that as well. Funny because I have recently noticed that the commercials are growing there too. 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 was watching a show the other night and decided to count the commercials.. I usually always watch two shows at once , and sometimes itll be three , so when Commercials come on one I flip to the other. S12 E308 Tuesday, November 16, 2021. I cannot stand watching the news anymore. Its horrible and disgusting. 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? To many commercials.across the board no matter what channel you are watching. For many cruise passengers, bars play a pretty large role in their . Its simply not worth the aggravation. No telling how long the news will actually last. Same with ASPCA, UNICEF, CARE, wasteful charities. About 25-30% of the tv show is not what we want to see. Love ABC news , but not pleased with the advertising. I, agree with all these other vewers about commercials being out of control. CNN has gone totally political now, with the anchors boasting their ideas-not the publics. So, why not just put a 23 inch screen in the upper left or right of the screen and play the commercials over and over again with all the noise, and stupidity that these commercials now depict. Maybe its time to see for myself. By spending so much on ads, they have in essence bought the media. What can be done to set new regulations on advertising interruption time of network programs. Almost all insurance companies ads have animal (and sometimes they are the spokesman). The only way to send a clear message without wasting your time compossing an on line post that they will never see or care about, is to cancel your cable and when they ask why, tell them it costs too much to watch crap mixed with more comer isls than content. They have become like mini-films, It does say something about our health, and our health care system, Your audit of commercials ranks up there with my counting bricks. Our obsession with money is at a disgusting level. First I agree with you about David Muir. I usually go to the kitchen to make my sandwiches. They are useless annoyances. Maybe we both need an additional hobby to fill the hours? Since, almost everybody is paying for cable, dish, & satellite; it should be a class action lawsuit , if we are forced to watch more commercials, than the t.v. Copyright 2018 Dexter Canfield Media Inc. Fox News Shuffles Its Lineup as Anchor Takes Time Off, ABC Revamps Prime Time, Takes Wraps Off 2014-15 Schedule Featuring 12 New Shows. More than 1/3 of early voters were aged 65 and older. Fight the good fight, tell the Networks and Madison Ave. to piss off! PULL THE PLUG!! I am trying to watch Forensic Files and just when they are getting to a juicy part commercials come on between 5 and 8 at at time. I have never switched products on the word of some paid celebrity. Cut. So much Advertisement it covers every thing I want to read "I don't know if I've ever . they dont spend without knowing the demos and numbers. Very clever. 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. Then Comcast will be forced once again to treat their customers with respect as they used to. Just to show you how much advertising length and frequency has Changed The opening comment is bull shit Guess I need to look for another news source. Stan. The network aired 47 minutes of coverage across 23 segments between October and December, which followed 65 minutes of coverage across 29 segments between July and September. He further said out of ten heavily advertised drugs four to five would cause major medical issues and the company would more than likely know they were a problem drug, hide the data and sell it anyway. The FCC? During that time period, there were 13 commercials, totaling about 8 minutes and 15 seconds. Set your DVR and check local listings so you don't miss them," the show tweeted. Movies same format. 1. I watched Lone Survivor on demand on comcast Too many adsfar too many dishonest ads & profligate lies, l4ies & more LIES! I no longer watch them unless desperate. 13 to 14 minutes of commercials per hour!? In this insanely capitalistic nation, meaningful legislation to ease this torture is highly unlikely. it is amazing how many side effects these drugs have; seems like the cure is almost as bad as the disease. "This week's episodes of Wheel of Fortune may be delayed or preempted for special coverage from ABC World News Tonight. Zimadude. So Im glad these commercials breaks are growing and seeming to drag on more and more, like pushers trying to force products down your throat. your lives will come back. What kind of ridiculous joke is that? It makes me think that they are banking off the ratings of the news as compared to the rest of their programming. These ads were about 90 seconds of the 8 minutes 15 seconds of total commercials. a win-win for the tv news business. Thanks for an interesting read. I either watch DVDs or stream commercial free from Netflix or Hulu. As a Canadian I can say that whenever we traveled to the US and watched TV there, my hub and I were gobsmacked at the amount medical, insurance, and funeral home commercials you guys have. As yet they have not choreographed their commercials to run concurrently which I find to be a blessing. Just watch the chiller channel. It is now July 13, 2022. Start hitting them where it hurts the most, in the pocketbook. When they begin showing Commercials during these broadcasts.I will just laugh and laugh! Recognize that this is a deductible business expense. So, tax dollars help pay for advertising! I canceled cable last year and have Hulu Netflix and amazon. How is the word commercial defined? 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. In an hour of scripted television shows such as dramas and sitcoms, commercials take up 6 minutes, according MarketingCharts. what cat we do to stop it! No kidding Jim. I am sure these advertisers know who their target audience is, and Im sure ABC knows what their demographics are for the nightly news. I have worn out the mute button on my remote, so now I use the off button. Because we put up with it ? Are you really that weak willed? 1- Many commercials are dumb as a stump at best. You have to factor in all of the late night infomercials as well. 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. Too bad great show, couldnt wait for season 2, wont be watching it on ABC. After they talk about all of the potential side effects, its a wonder anybody wants to risk it. we can always go back to the formula from the 50s where advertisers sponsored a whole program, of course, if you look at shows now they are pretty much sponsored anyhow, I remember a few episodes of Burn Notice when Fiona got that Hyundai, and the blatant advertising was horrendously written into the script! 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. If you think tv is that bad and dont like it that much then why dont you just stop watching it? GROSS !!!!!!! Although some manage to get major hospitals renamed after them. Competition for ABC includes NBC, CBS, FOX, Nickelodeon, Univision and the other brands in the Life & Entertainment: TV Networks industry. I just turn off the TV or change channels nothing is so good that you have to put up with that. Yes. The average audiences for the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS and NBC grew across all three networks, according to Comscore TV Essentials data. At 6:49 PM the program went to commercial. I only noticed it because some of the shows I was watching seemed to be going unusually ABRUPTLY from show to commercial. Have a great one looks like a good day for a ride. Who do you complain to? Who can resist Martha cooking up something delicious.. My Mom called me, concerned about my financial situation and I told her that I had just started work as a Commercial Dishwasher. 4. Otherwise I would sit and let the day go by, whilst the Boob Tube sucks at my brain! Helen -you are ingenious! 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. We are not getting the product, for which were paying for. Watch live streaming events from ABC News Live. I mute all commercials, and if I do see an advertiser on way more than others, I never buy their product. with no gadgets. The other two health-related commercials featured an ad from Merck encouraging adolescents to get an HPV vaccination, and an ad from the American Red Cross encouraging people to donate blood. No and now Frontier has added a fast forward rejection for commercials. Still, I am paying good money for this bull-help is very much needed! Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. by Alexander Pope. Post A Comment. The cable or sattlelite networks thinks that no one will ever do anything significant for them to worry. I just complain to Direct TV.. but there all laughing at us. It is a sad indictment on our health and our health care system. Because i dont care how addicted you are to TV, the way this is going is pushing me away from the ordeal of it, and I know I cant be the only one. On the TV guide will be 5 or more channels sheerly for products being sold. They create ads and then asks you to pay not to watch them. I record a lot of the time ! Then the total commercial load is closer to 50%. Now that Dish has taken it to a new level (automatically skipping commercials) I suppose our lazy fingers can still manually figure how to Fast Forward as weve been doing for 30+ years. Its no secret. Is This What a Dine and Dash Crime Scene LooksLike? i stopped watching tv for over two years now and havent missed it at all !!!!!!!!! In the UK on ITV and other commercial networks there are 6 to 7-1/2 minutes of commercials per half hour, but the BBC only shows commercials for their own shows at the end of a program if. OXYGEN CHANNEL IS THE WORST- ABSOLUTE WORST PROGRAMMING TOO!! I think the days of showing a movie on commercial TV are over. Its all a matter of scheduling your day!!! What does that say? The most-watched episode in all of television last week was Tuesday evening's World News Tonight, which delivered a total audience of 11.23 million viewers, two to three times the audience of. Thats truly sad. Eight minutes of movie to nine minutes of ads I timed it! Commercial creep was a factor in my decision to dump cable altogether in favor of ad-free streaming services. It is getting to the point where we watch a lot less tv about ready to drop cable. Stop or sign up for some online service. I m just sick of paying for dish cable ads where are the t.v. According to the data, A&E Group 17 minutes and . I love the Super Bowl for both the game and the commercials, and I love the British Christmas commercials. One thing that is ironic: I do enjoy some of those comedy commercials from time to time. As more markets open and good ones turn bad, whether due to buyouts or greed, the cycle continues on without any possible signs of slowing or changing simply because they know they can do whatever they want and you cant do anything to change it. Not long ago I used a stopwatch to time the actual show time for Everybody Loves Raymond .. the episode airs for 36 minutes, but only NINE MINUTES were the show, the other TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES were commercials. And this: In 2016, the U.S. spent $3,337 billion, or 17.9 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). The Boomers are an aging tribe. All fluff. Thanks for listening. DVRing and then replaying shows has the same effect as if all watching viewed the commercials. I named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. There were only 2 1/2 minutes of commercials during the show and one minute between shows (station break). Do the math,not worth watching unless you are hooked on commercials, not to mention prolific number of re runs. I assume its a matter of financial survival or rather profit-growing to keep investors interested in supporting the model. Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, Broad agreement in U.S. even among partisans on which news outlets are part of the mainstream media, How Americans Navigated the News in 2020: A Tumultuous Year in Review, Many Americans are unsure whether sources of news do their own reporting, Americans Paid Close Attention as Election Returns Came In, Coronavirus-Driven Downturn Hits Newspapers Hard as TV News Thrives, Americans main sources for political news vary by party and age, U.S. Media Polarization and the 2020 Election: A Nation Divided. MARTIN SMITH: [ voice-over ] In the summer of 2007, America's coal companies, railroads and utilities launched . When i watch it i skip the commercials . Virtually all of the commercials were in good taste, the one. CBS evening news viewership grew 7% to about 5 million viewers in 2020, while NBC viewership rose 8% to 6.5 million. No unsightly antenna on the roof or tower to maintain. Before writing a major complaint , check your facts. Agreed theres an app and drug for virtually everything. Morning Joe is the worse. Plus, it chaps my hide that I have to pay for something and still have to endure 30-50% ads. WTF! I have noticed a great increase in commercialson TNT morning shows and they are all the same old ones. (Because no one would watch it of their own choice proving were not interested in them)! The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these What a shame that these greedy TV morons cant fix the aggravating problem. Have noticed commercial are the same for over a year. Broadcast networks averaged 13 minutes and 25 seconds of commercial time per hour in 2009, which grew to 14 minutes and 15 seconds in 2013, the story reports. 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. 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. I do NOT have a personal relationship with my insurer (geico lizards be damned). 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. If released more timely and news team just slowed it down a touch, this could be the best news podcast/sound bite in the US. local news. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. I watch up to 4 programs at a time to avoid all the commercials. However, CBS This Morning has so many commercials, I have to hold the remote in my hand! I sometimes just laugh at how the networks and cable do actually think we are all stupid. within minutes. 13 days ago. I have RA and it costs 10,000 a month. I cannot blame my wife as shes on Medicare. having worked in the advertising business for a number of years, I can tell you that your conclusions are on the right track. February 26, 2023, 6:15 AM. I DVR a lot of what I watch. Was reading comments and agree with news commercial breaks, they have pay the ridiculous 7 figure salaries of the anchors. Only drawbacks are the learning curve and sometimes erratic streams which are likely caused by shitty Armstrong cable. Best thing we ever did. I subscribe to Sling for sports, but will be cutting that as well,in a day or two. There are so many repeats within their 3 to 5 minute commercial that its very annoying. Advanced nations in the world should be funding contraception for women in third-world nations anyway. My beef with World News Tonight is that they tease you endlessly with what you are going to be seeing. TCM with its great movies, commercial-free. So many of us dvr and replay in order to skip over these interruptions. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. Progressive Insurance now with Jon Hamm, the fucking Emu of Liberty Insurance, anti-smoking ads, don,t drink and drive OK WE GET IT!, Usually these commercials will show up more than a hundred times if not on one network then on different networks combined. UNTIL, we Boycott TV all together. Popular here during day time quiz shows. : Is there any address that I can send my feeling about how many commercials are being played at one time on Satellite TV. So I guess we all agree Commercials Suck? I pay $90 a month for Satellite TV so I guess I am the crazy one. Soon I transfer my washer load into the dryer while I sweep the kitchen and dining room. Within a one hour show, there were 41 commercials Makes me glad I have a PVR so I can fast forward them. Why cant all advertising be put on a special advertising channel and not on regular tv? 4- This pretty much reduces cable requirements for computer use only. On the other network with the normal start and end times, Ive noticed scenes from the show that were chopped out in order to insert more commercials! Please help us! I, like so many others, have NEVER bought anything they advertise and never will.whats the point? And Im curious how much ABC news charges for a one-minute commercial maybe something for me to do today! The consumer has rights too, and need help with this matter. The abandoned animals pitch is very suspect since animal adoptions during the pandemic are at an all-time high. does the dog die in hondo; dhgate marc jacobs dupe; natural scents for candles. jim, your logs and stats are to be admired. My wife mutes ALL commercials. NR | 11.16.21 | 20:47 | CC. Less money and no ads {except Hulu). 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. The all-new ABC News app brings you 24/7 breaking news from across the globe. Morning 1/2 hr. 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). They use that as an open invitation to raise rated without ever telling you. That's despite years of. My major complaint was the amount of commercial time versus news time. Candid, open and at times angry, the former presidential candidate talks about what went wrong and her fears for the . Bless you and your formula for resisting consumer propaganda. For more news updates, . PBS there ok until they start asking for money, We the people own the airwaves, and we have every right to specify how many minutes per hour the stations we allow to use our airwaves may devote to commercials Its past time to turn it off! Sick. I cut the cord in August, 2009 and have never missed it. I question the value of CNNs news reporting, which usually puts the same handful of toothless stories on endless cycle and frames them with blocks of advertising. 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. You show you have no respect for your customers. I do maintain a subscription to Sling for sports, but now find it hard to watch even a high profile football game, due to the sheer number of commercials being pushed out. One minute of news then cut to 5 of adverts. I have timed these commercials, and the number of commercials per one half hour and one hour shows. But truth be told, customer satisfaction is no longer a meaningful factor. Join. Free TV has at least six minutes less time airing commercials than pay TV! Thirteen minutes per hour? Now my rooms are clean, my laundry is ready to fold or hang during the next set of commercials. Allow me to reply to myself. They could run a ten minute news program, and use the rest of the half hour doing commercials, so that people could tend to their business at home, while the commercials are on. View all posts by Jim Borden. Sorry, but no. In 1995 the series premier of Star Trek Voyager cost over 23 million dollars to build all of the sets and then produce the very first episode. Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! How much is comfortable? Last year I started to watch football games with the remote nearby or in my hand so I could mute all the commercials. This is pathetic and we are paying for it! I too have never nor will I ever purchase any product that interrupts a show Im watching with their stupid advertising. Fox news is just as bad, as in MSNBC. Do they think their veiwers are morons with large wallets? Cant escape the greedy grubby uber-consumerism. You and all other TV program distributors odd to be ashamed of yourselves, but most likely it is an ability you dont have. When it comes to commercial advertisements, I simply fast forward them. They play on average 16 to 18 commercials per spot, and there are usually 5 spots per one half hour show. NetFlix/Hulu/Etc are it. So why pay the extraordinary high price of cable or satellite to watch commercials, I would understand if tv was free but with the price we pay, there shouldnt be any commercials at all!! They just bold faced lied about the border problems. Some 1-hour shows averaged over 50 minutes w/o commercials. My biggest gripe now is after all the ads are done and they finally go back to the show, they are pasting ads while Im trying to watch. We, as human beings, watch way too much tv, and its been proven make us more complacent rather than free thinking, emotionally intelligent people. Before he goes back to sleeping on the job waiting for the emu to wake him, THEY WONT LISTEN TO REASON!!! I better understand why after the news I was always sure there was some ailment I needed to attend to. I always mute them, I will come back into the room just to mute them. 2 minutes later, at 6:51, the ad break ended. I have 30 second jump on my remote. GMA and other shows are guilty of pouring over 10 minutes of commercials continuously! However, we did Cut The Cable and revert to Digital antennae, Or Free TV, or Poor TV, as we call it LOL. 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 . I remember watching Blade and it took forever, completely ruined the film. It just made me pity the people who hung on its every word. If waiters and waitresses live on 15% tips the so can TV advertisers. Advertising is the no 1 money making tool for every company, even though you dont see some companies ads, it doesnt mean they arent actively advertising. Why is it that when the program Cheaters comes on at 4am each morning, they may limit their commercials to around 2 and then its back to the show. 6:30 a.m. 100 vehicles stuck at Top of the World Lookout in . We all shop for these products, so why hit us with all the same ads? I watched an hour of ABC last evening and the 10 (count em) ads came on every 10 minutes! The commercials are horribly produced for the most part. I only have Internet. Thanks for all of your time & work. Thanks for PBS and thanks for recordings. It is sad to see the decline of newspapers, since I enjoy reading them, although now it is done mostly online. ABC News, anchored by Peter Jennings, regularly presented viewers with both news briefs and in-depth coverage of top events, ranging from human intere. This makes both sad and scary reading to me A sign of the times.. We have had a DVR for 10 years or so. Personalized news alerts keep you updated on the topics you care about most. Last year, the average was 15 minutes and 38 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 27 seconds in 2009, according to the report. Cut the cable, put up an antenna, and add a streaming service. Many of them require additional paid subscriptions. 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