Morning 1/2 hr. I spend my spare time with YouTube now. Power in numbers- organise and pull away from TV. And when you watch a sitcom its worse by the time the show comes back you forgot where they left off. I cannot blame my wife as shes on Medicare. television shows. or because they file a claim. I hit the mute button every time Joe Namath shows up again for an advertisement for Medicare coverage. Thats the reason I i am a fan of streaming , I also like streaming, but I have to admit, and I know I am in the minority here, I actually enjoy watching some commercials. I gave up on cable 4 years ago. What their next move? So depressing! If Im interested in watching something, I simply wait for it to come out on dvd, and watch it that way. I need to start watching shows that have ads for cool stuff like iPads and juggling equipment. 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. 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. Nobody does it better. Thats why I have a dozen old remotes with worn out mute buttons. gave me a G-mail Address, they even got that spelled wrong But it worked. And I thought it was just me. So it's taken me about half an hour to 45 minutes longer than usual," Copeland said. In regards to the drugs that were advertised, one of the drugs noted is for children, one is for Type 2 diabetes, which seems to be more and more common among younger people, and one is for afib, which I have had since I was 28. The content lasting 15 seconds followed by 2.3 to 3.1 minutes of commercials. I could be interested in watching them but stopped watching. next here, the major storm on the move tonight. Not only is commercials outrageous but the volume goes up during the commercials. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. Many in Oakland woke up to some wild . Sure you only had a few premium channels, but the whole idea was to just watch movies. When they begin showing Commercials during these broadcasts.I will just laugh and laugh! Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. But the mere frequency and length of the advert breaks makes the channel unwatchable. I sure have not!) Personally I DVR everything or will pause for 15-20 minutes and go do something then come back and fast scan past them. If you think tv is that bad and dont like it that much then why dont you just stop watching it? Aggravating, distracting and actually counterproductive. The weather man needs to slow down when speaking. So freaking stupid. But now I always have my remote in my hand. OK we all HATE commercials but what can we do about it? The most aggravating offender was when I had Hulu, which produces their own really stupid ads and then charges you if you want an ad-free subscription add-on (which only eliminates their ads). I watched Big Sky TV show last week and timed the number of minutes. There is an insidiousness about this. Ready to go back to broadcast TV. I am guessing at some point well just be watching CNN all day . My Mom called me, concerned about my financial situation and I told her that I had just started work as a Commercial Dishwasher. 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 . I havent watched commercials in years, since TIVO came out. Im jealous of your time spent in advertising, its always seemed like a fascinating field. GMA and other shows are guilty of pouring over 10 minutes of commercials continuously! Now its mainly Pawn Stars and other such rubbish. It didn`t take any time at all for greed to step into that game. Weve stopped watching television in our house. The total time spent on previewing the story ends up being just as long as the story itself. Please correct me if I am wrong. Remember when a cable subscription meant no commercials? Cant get much worse! Not to mention that they are now speeding up the regular programming ever so slightly so they can squeeze in another mindless ad. ABCs evening news will rush through their stories to give you the pharmaceutical commercials which are longer than any story segment. If you want to add other channels there are bundles or single channels available to be added to your package. Even sports broadcasts are unwatchable due to the sheer volume of ads shoved at the viewer. "I don't know if I've ever . We paid to watch TV, not the 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. This news program lies to hurt President Trump, Republicans, and conservatives. In this article, we'll help you decide which option is best for you. Or the top 10% should be helping. This makes both sad and scary reading to me A sign of the times.. We have had a DVR for 10 years or so. 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. By 3 p.m. Tuesday, a total of 390,455 votes had been cast, with the largest . That is absolutely outrageous and should never happen. And I agree that news watching is probably up righT now, a boom for the tv stations. They are just using their collected info to do smarter targeted ads. I not only stopped paying for tv because of endless commercials but they all found a new way to rip people off and profiting showing blocks of same shows endlessly repeated day after day. To whom should we forward our requests for relief from excessive TV advertising? Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage. Network TV news appointment viewing for many Americans saw its audience increase somewhat across networks in 2020. Thank you for this I agree 100%. I sometimes just laugh at how the networks and cable do actually think we are all stupid. Watch live streaming events from ABC News Live. The series, along with Jeopardy!, had to halt production due to the coronavirus. AARP is as corrupt as the many lying charity pharma & lying AARP adsthe money AARP spends on its massive ad campaign is almost criminal! I just complain to Direct TV.. but there all laughing at us. Especially, during General Hospital. 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. 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. 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. Back to my soap opera! It makes me not want to watch TV. Americans need to stand together and boycott certain channels on certain days to show our voice matters. I muted, changed channels, recorded and skipped the commercials (which, according to one network dipstick exec, is copyright infringement) which helped somewhat . the fbi saying mcrae suffered from mental health issues, noting they found a And many times, I wont bother to switch it back. ..and its getting worse, the story says. This is the latest report in Pew Research Centers ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Ill record and speed thru commercials BUT!!! But the real problem is advertisements ,yes Its big money for someone So just what does On a different note, the channels with ads bunched them together at the 15 minute mark, so you could plan your day better. 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. For kicks, I time the length of commercial and length of program. The date and time was selected to impact news coverage . Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! If half of the time is news would be it. May they get the payback they so richly deserve. Hey..I could either pay for watching a show with my time (and AGGRAVATION) by putting up with all those annoying commercials, or simply pay directly for the dvds themselves, and enjoy them later, completely commercial free !!! Look it up. That being NOT enough, they play commercials on the screen during the tv show. The next commercial is in four minutes; I set up my vacuum and pick up newspapers and shoes that are cluttering the floor. Google has shown us that everything they touch will cost you in some way, if not directly in cash you will give up privacy and bombarding you with add is their coup de grace. 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! they dont spend without knowing the demos and numbers. Tonight she made history again, becoming the first elected incumbent in 40 years to not win a second term. I have read 191 comments regarding the disgust of Thanks for PBS and thanks for recordings. I have been researching, all I really wanted was the History Channel and the news but they cut the better of the history channels!!! You trying to blind us? 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. (Average audience is defined as the average number of TVs tuned to a program throughout a time period.). I was trying to find out about tv shows back in the 60s & 70s & cant seem to find an answer. Advertising is EVERYWHERE, blighting the landscape and the media. When it comes to commercial advertisements, I simply fast forward them. But maybe they had a good idea by eliminating the commercials. jim, your logs and stats are to be admired. you PAY for cable and they still hit you with a shitload of commercials every 7 minutes. I hate commercials so much. Stream ABC World News Tonight Episodes on Sling TV Sling TV Orange is $20/month. Sorry, but no. Why dont they just run commercials 24 / 7.THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM IT ! ABC is leading the evening-news pack, averaging more than 12 million viewers each night for the past five weeks more than double the viewership of the most popular prime-time shows on cable,. Find news videos and watch full episodes of World News Tonight With David Muir at ABCNews.com. S12 E308 Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Only way to avoid ads is via Amazon Prime or similar subscriptions. The first commercial comes in just a couple of minutes. I have kept it for my husband, who loves sports. 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. I am a senior who is furious with the many. i remember those great days when commercials were regulated by law. May 13, 2014 This is commercial insanity. Thats the demographic watching the news. The 16 to 18 commercials that followed were 15 to 75 seconds long and most of them were for health-care products and services. Im also in development of a product that auto-mutes commercials, as the existing products out there that auto-mute dont work for long. Thanks, Michael, for adding your insights. Watch the latest news videos and the top news video clips online at ABC News. Aside from that, Im intrigued that there are enough men suffering from Peyronies Disease to warrant a recurring commercial starting with, Is your penis curved?, I have not seen that commercial, but it is strange that they feel there is a need for a commercial. 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. So if you truly cherish your time and how it is being spent, and if you feel strongly enough to no longer be a contributor to this open and defiant display of corporate greed that has gone completely out of control then pass on the date for a nationwide boycott where everyone will choose the same date on their calendar when they will call their cable company and disconnect. But There was one thing you forgot to mention the amount of time they took up by saying and coming up while showing a preview of what we were about to see at least 3 to 4 times each. It was making me psychotic. Before writing a major complaint , check your facts. Gone are the days when broadcasters believed they had s commitment to broadcast journalism and covering news from around the world. Every time I see that pillow commercial I yell out Take your pillow and shove it up your ass. Before writing a major complaint , check your facts. 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. Yes thats so right! Your imagination comes back you may even start to question things which is a long lost art. Still, I am paying good money for this bull-help is very much needed! plus, a severe thunderstorm watch at this hour in parts of the south. what cat we do to stop it! With Medicare enrollment going on right now its constant all day, it is sickening and unnecessary. (Because no one would watch it of their own choice proving were not interested in them)! I guess my wife and I are getting old. 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? These days, cheap is in. The FCC? Get the latest news stories and headlines from around the world. Too many adsfar too many dishonest ads & profligate lies, l4ies & more LIES! I agree with you on the number of commercials but you are insinuating that RA is an old folk disease. Morning Joe is the worse. PBS. Just watch the chiller channel. I mostly watch Netflix and get my news streamed on the Internet. The average audience for the four newsmagazine shows aired by the networks ABCs 20/20, CBSs 60 Minutes and 48 Hours, and NBCs 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. ~Ben This might be a good thing as we free ourselves from the idiot box and start taking in our surroundings. I also get the names of the drugs confused and what exactly each one is for. The next commercial is in four minutes and that gives me three minutes to run my sweeper and put it away. I watch up to 4 programs at a time to avoid all the commercials. Greed has no inhibitions. NR | 11.16.21 | 20:47 | CC. Other platforms are simply waiting for their popularity to gain momentum before they make big changes. Helen -you are ingenious! Believe it or not, once you get used to being patient enough to wait for a series to run its course, its really not that hard to do. GET A GRIP ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS AND TV CHANNELSWE DO NOT WANT TO SEE SO DARN MANY COMMERCIALSPERIOD! I DVR everything and FF through it all but having to pay attention enough to catch them all is annoying too. 6:30 a.m. 100 vehicles stuck at Top of the World Lookout in . Viacom currently airs the most commercial minutes per hour among the cable groups, at 15.1. It helps to see like-minded people as fed up with the frequency and excessive amount of stupid, inane ads as I. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. Commercials have been a bane of mine for quite some time. "It's crazy," said Westbrook, who started and had 17 points, 14 assists and seven turnovers in 39 minutes before fouling out with 1:49 remaining in the second overtime. 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. 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. Some of the actors had only their names listed (you actually saw them on the screen, but had no idea who they were) . How can any cable station, network or advertiser think that this approach will result in more sales? Back in the day when I was a kid (a long time ago!) What bothers me most is that a number of networks edit as much as 15 minutes from a movie to steal the time for advertising! And more commercials are being jammed into that growing ad hole, with. Last year I pretty much gave up on TV. A sugar replacement used in many stevia, monk-fruit, keto and other reduced-sugar products marketed for weight loss and diabetes has been linked to stroke, heart attack and early death, a new . Considering the first commercial did not come on until about 17 and a half minutes into the 29 minute show, that meant that 72% of the last 11 and a half minutes of the news were commercials. I do not have a DVR or any way of recording..just a normal size t.v. I do NOT have a personal relationship with my insurer (geico lizards be damned). Anyway, viewers are beginning to revolt by not watching! Ridiculous amount of commercials especially toward the second half of the program. Watching the View, Dr. Phil, the news and many most other shows especially Y & R go way beyond the allowed limit, is anyone watching? Maybe its time to see for myself. Manipulative political porn. I encourage all viewers to tell these heinous broadcasters we will boycott their programs if they dont significantly REDUCE the number and percentage of ads on their shows. However, we did Cut The Cable and revert to Digital antennae, Or Free TV, or Poor TV, as we call it LOL. 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 So in terms of stand-alone campaign stories this year, it's been 234 minutes for Trump, compared to 10 minutes for Sanders. 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. The drug companies already spend large sums promoting their drugs to docs. 4- This pretty much reduces cable requirements for computer use only. Years ago when HBO first came out there were no commercials. r uou with me on this ??? Happy profits and goodbye! Youre right, Id rather not see those commercials! However, excessive commercials take away a lot from programs I enjoy. In an hour of scripted television shows such as dramas and sitcoms, commercials take up 6 minutes, according MarketingCharts. Took about a month, but it really did work. 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. I never realised how much utter nonsense was on tv. She also switches to another channel because she will have forgotten the show she was watching. I would think thats advertiser deception and probably prohibited by law. 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. TV and if I see a commercial promoting anything, I dont buy that product. Medicare Advantage, Sling TV are you ready now?, Just as most of the complaints on too many commercials we have cut down on TV watching BY 70% You truly expect me to believe that, as 3 commercial breaks have occurred while I have been searching for the comment button, and typing all this, GMA and other shows are guilty of pouring over 10 minutes of commercials continuously! 50 minutes of musice and then 10 of comercials . Yes, there is way too many commercials on regular tv! , This insane amount of drug commercials can make you feel sick. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. yes, the repeating of the same headlines is quite annoying. I love the Super Bowl for both the game and the commercials, and I love the British Christmas commercials. For if there were only people like me than there would only be graphs that would consist of words like very little, not many, many, a whole lot, mega amount, etc. I DVR a lot of what I watch. FoxNews is one of the worse. 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. We refuse to pay $100 a month anymore for TV broadcasting full of ads that mostly insult our intellegence. 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 . Its getting to the point I dont even want to watch regular TV, and one person that did suggest to DVR it, theyre not letting you skip through the commercials on the DVR now. Ha! February 26, 2023, 6:15 AM. I seem to recall that Saint Ronald Reagan deregulated, along with much else, the maximum commercial time on television. Day before I dropped cable counted 18 stations playing same show all day long. Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. by Alexander Pope. I cannot stand watching the news anymore. You would think that with age comes wisdom and the fact that these people post here is a good tool for companies to get a feel of who they are dealing with and can make adjustments at different levels in an effort to keep these customers no matter what it takes. The commercial breaks are like every 5 minutes! Tonight I timed the last 15 minutes of the ABC nightly news. That is a good plan, Walter. 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. WE ARE RETIRED, TV IS GETTING WORSE. In fact, I used to wait for the end of each season, and buy each one individually, but now wait for the SERIES to conclude, wait for the inevitable Complete Series release, and watch it then. I looked this up and wrote this while waiting for some actual news on CNN. A commercial every 3 to 4 minutes. .. .. .. Sure they will laugh but if enough people start calling and demanding this, IT WILL GET DONE. Then proceed to the bathroom and complete the three Ss, ending with a shower. 13 commercials in a row on cbs channel 4 on Wednesday 10/13/21. The irony is that consumer based propaganda (ads) helps sell the political propaganda that frequently masquerades as news. 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. This was the case with the 1970-71 series The Immortal, of which all episodes are about 51-52 minutes. Write and send your complaints to the FCC. You know, the ones youre paying for as part of your cable subscription? Thanks, Beth. does the dog die in hondo; dhgate marc jacobs dupe; natural scents for candles. 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. 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. 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. I think the days of showing a movie on commercial TV are over. i stopped watching tv for over two years now and havent missed it at all !!!!!!!!! Why? Everone should know how much their time is worth per hour. Disney/ABCs THE VIEW is 34 minutes (not hourlong as proported); then they have 6 minutes inside the program (a la QVC or HSN) dedicated to View Your Deal peddling more products. Sick. Our cable bill is out of sight, we are cutting the cable and going over the air or even tossing out our tVs. Please help us! I have never ,and I mean never have bought one thing that Ive seen on a commercial. Free TV has at least six minutes less time airing commercials than pay TV! Even the newscasters find ways to interject company names or products into their conversation- and during the actual news. If youre curious, the other four commercials were for Geico, Celebrity Family Feud/Press Your Luck, IBM, and The Bachelor. Absolute bullshit. 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. That makes the amount of adverts par hour at 9 minutes. the companies are spending on these ad buys, because they know the numbers support this. Price was getting out of hand and there was new under the sun. Cant escape the greedy grubby uber-consumerism. I need ur help..what bis the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO TNX.. Have a great one looks like a good day for a ride. Im not real sure what you might do with these comments but pretty sure nothing will be done! Either something almost happened but was averted, or the event amounted to local . I am struck by a number of things from your research. So in addition to the parts of the program that were originally chopped out to accommodate more ads, now the program start times have been offset to accommodate even MORE ads! The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. Netflix & Acorn as my streaming shows. people are trapped in their homes and worried about what is going on. Thirteen minutes per hour? Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. . So sick of the same stupid commercials on the comedy network I would like to see another channel like abc or nbc challenge cbs by running less ads and see what kind of viewing public they get. Im paying $148.00 each month for TV and Internet. We all shop for these products, so why hit us with all the same ads? They have done a very good job at alienating viewers now by LOADING the broadcast with commercial interruptions. Tell u folks Im a happy camper at 85!! Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters speaks during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, Youd have to be an idiot to buy something they have to advertise every 10 minutes i buy the stuff they dont advertise because it speaks for itself, We are developing an APP that allows you to prerecord any program less the commercials. I, agree with all these other vewers about commercials being out of control. I think cbs makes way too much money on the ads but I think the owner of CBS knows this and he will never stop because it means more money in his already fat wallet. Owned stations had already been airing repeats of "World News Tonight" early in the morning as well, similar to what both CBS and NBC do on . CNN has gone totally political now, with the anchors boasting their ideas-not the publics. I guess Fox News is stuffed with ads for Trump and the Klan? GROSS !!!!!!! Fight the good fight, tell the Networks and Madison Ave. to piss off! To many commercials.across the board no matter what channel you are watching. I promise you that over 15 minutes of the half hour show was ad time. 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. These days, I find myself watching General Hospital less and less. Better quality with clearer reception and sound. Because we put up with it ? They play on average 16 to 18 commercials per spot, and there are usually 5 spots per one half hour show. Curious, the maximum commercial time on television in an hour of scripted television shows such as dramas sitcoms... 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