I m just sick of paying for dish cable ads where are the t.v. . I dont pay much attention to commercials but if it wasnt for Progressives Flo, I wouldnt know that Bigfoots name is Darryl. Commercial creep was a factor in my decision to dump cable altogether in favor of ad-free streaming services. Old shows that ran 22 minutes per 1/2 hour are so cut up its almost unrecognizable. my dad told me that there was an FCC regulation on how many commercials could be shown at one time. NetFlix/Hulu/Etc are it. Unless until the catch on and make the who show the same as the last 15 minutes 1 content time to 11 commercials content time. The commercials FINALLY ended! We are not getting the product, for which were paying for. Because we put up with it ? 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. Its the same with the national news media. Can sound incoherent. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. Each of us only have a certain amount of time that we will get to live and be here on this earth. Ridiculous!! 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. 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. In the past 30 days, ABC has had 12,460 airings and earned an airing rank of #30 with a spend ranking of #146 as compared to all other advertisers. I am guessing at some point well just be watching CNN all day . you may all hate the commercials, but it is what pays for the programs you watch. Never will you hear of someone getting something extra from a service but I can find millions of overcharges made using that billing! No commercials{netflix}, cheaper, limitied choice yes but your not supposed to be watching that much damn tv in the first place. Thanks, Beth. .more .more 3 years ago 79K views 5 years ago 2. 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. I wonder if anyone at ABC News will see this feedback or care? That is absolutely outrageous and should never happen. This is pathetic and we are paying for it! And, despite what you might think, there is most definitely a Law of Synchronized Commercials! 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. And we get more commercial ads then ever. I dont watch much broadcast or cable TV anymore, but there are some good shows out there. Have a date night at any hotel chain and tune in the their satellite TV in your room. My sense is that many cable news are more than 1/4th consisting of ads. : Is there any address that I can send my feeling about how many commercials are being played at one time on Satellite TV. And the redundant teasing of a six word News headline, as another reader mentioned-is so darn annoying. I agree with all that is being said. ABCs evening news will rush through their stories to give you the pharmaceutical commercials which are longer than any story segment. I have never switched products on the word of some paid celebrity. Also, the rare time that I watch any prime time series on a major network, There is what amounts to probably 15 minutes of total ad time, compared to thirteen minutes total of the actual TV show. 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. Now its mainly Pawn Stars and other such rubbish. Your imagination comes back you may even start to question things which is a long lost art. If youre curious, the other four commercials were for Geico, Celebrity Family Feud/Press Your Luck, IBM, and The Bachelor. 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 too use comm breaks for household tasks. So much Advertisement it covers every thing I want to read That very first soap ad on TV eons ago screwed us. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Seems these idiots still dont get it. a marketing resource.. 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! Love the podcast when released on the same day however, usually this newscast is late and by a few days so it becomes somewhat irrelevant. Im pretty much done with that. Not the bottom 90%. You cant channel surf anymore, all the channels are on commercial breaks. 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. Judge Judy has 17-18 minutes of commercials in an hour of programming which consists of two 30 minute shows. She also switches to another channel because she will have forgotten the show she was watching. It didn`t take any time at all for greed to step into that game. An aging, and not healthy, tribeTheres an opportunity for entrepreneurs here somewhere. 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. Movies same format. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. I cant watch commercial tv anymore. Lightfoot addressed supporters somberly, but not without pride. i remember those great days when commercials were regulated by law. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. Commercials have been a bane of mine for quite some time. I assume its a matter of financial survival or rather profit-growing to keep investors interested in supporting the model. Thats truly sad. The license to operate over the public airways comes with responsibilities-it was never meant to be Who do you complain to? 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. This news program lies to hurt President Trump, Republicans, and conservatives. I pay $90 a month for Satellite TV so I guess I am the crazy one. 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. The FCC has COMPLETE and TOTAL authority over them, so which do you think would be more effective at handling your complaints? 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. I have been researching, all I really wanted was the History Channel and the news but they cut the better of the history channels!!! Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. 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. Watch only the first half then turn it off. over the years its got worse, now Theres a far better world in Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. It costs for good internet, but Im done with cable TV. 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. Boycott everything to do with them Today and go with netflix, streaming, youtube or whatever. "I don't know if I've ever . So, sponsors became alternate week sponsors and now participating sponsor (an ad here an ad there). MANY TIMES, they simply show a complete hour of what they showed before many, many times.. All fluff. My takeaway is that people who watch ABC World News Tonight may not be the healthiest people in the world, but they have do have access to doctors and drugs. This patient driven demand for drugs is one of the primary reasons aggregate spending on prescription drugs rises so fast and insureds bear more of the drug costs every year as health plans are shifting more of the cost to consumers. 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. I know Shaw Staff gave me my e-mail That never worked from day one So Sea-Side Computers If Im interested in watching something, I simply wait for it to come out on dvd, and watch it that way. 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. What adds insult to injury is that my cable company wants me to pay for television channels that are riddled with commercials. I have two collector cars I tinker with. Some of the programmes are mind-numbing so I try to avoid those! 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. Bastards, TV commercials are what the mute button is for. 41. r/NoStupidQuestions. What a shame that these greedy TV morons cant fix the aggravating problem. AND SO DO THEY , fucx corporate CHINA now the usa suks ass big time, CORPORATE FUCKIN DAILY FUCK THESE GREED MONGERS kick their stupid ass to curb ,GOD will sort these FAGGOTS OUT and be judged,,,,,, COCKSUCKERS. There are some news stations that literally show a story for 30 seconds, cut to commercials, show another 30 second story and then have more commercials again. Lying crooks! However, what Ive found lately is that the commercials seem to be corresponding with each other I cant get a break. AMAC uses its funds to actually HELP seniors, not to rip them off like AARP does at every turn! 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. Perhaps there are also in-house commercials for the network pushing itself constantly. If people like ads that much let them get a channel that plays nothing but ads. You need to have the dislike of commercials force you to stop watching? I have a method to this madness, I watch these stations and flip during the commercials: ABC News, CNN News, and HLN News. 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. Better quality with clearer reception and sound. Get the latest news stories and headlines from around the world. May 13, 2014 After reading, I googled global pharmaceuticals market about $1 trillion dollars. It is not. Our days now dont have enough hours in them. 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 . The amount of times I have to see the same car ads have driven me to madness. Now even after paying an ever increasing cable bill , in order to watch anything commercial free you have to pay even more dinero. Thank you for this I agree 100%. Now they get 4 commercials for the same price. Average audiences for morning news programs from ABC, CBS and NBC remained mostly steady in 2020, with CBS seeing a slight (5%) decline in morning news viewership. NO MORE. Now my rooms are clean, my laundry is ready to fold or hang during the next set of commercials. They show a lot of old 80s and 90s sitcoms on Saturday and Sundays. Pretty soon there will be more commercial and show.. I am a senior who is furious with the many. We are paying a lot of money for our TV viewing, and feel that customer satisfaction in the most important. 2 minutes later, at 6:51, the ad break ended. Not only is commercials outrageous but the volume goes up during the commercials. The amount of commercial time on cable TV keeps increasing as networks try to make up for shrinking audiences by stuffing more ads into every hour of television. I DVR a lot of what I watch. 1. Ever since the :betamax, technology has only gotten better. People trying to sell me things I dont want dont need and most importantly cant afford. 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. Shelters dont have enough supply to meet the demand. Are you really that weak willed? No telling how long the news will actually last. Virtually all of the commercials were in good taste, the one. Its not like there isnt PLENTY of other things to watch in the meantime! 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. Why dont they take the billions of $$$ blown on frivolous advertising, lower their rates accordingly and maybe save their customers some real money ? Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. Here's how to get the most out of Royal Caribbean's Deluxe Beverage Package (or Prime Casino Royale free drinks in the casino). Stop the ads ..we are sick of them where are the t.v.shows with out sooo many ads. 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?) I have learned to be very good at commercial cleaning. Vega, a veteran TV anchor . The next commercials are in five minutes, allowing me plenty of time to polish the tables and start my laundry. Her accent is as grating as the commercial breaks. 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. 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 think the days of showing a movie on commercial TV are over. Absolute bullshit. Gone are the days when broadcasters believed they had s commitment to broadcast journalism and covering news from around the world. It does absolutely NO GOOD to gripe about TV ads on forums like this one. Or at least a large percentage of the equity. Flood the FTC with complaints about this issue. ABC World News Tonight (titled ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States. I am sorry if I have caused any offence. They should pay us to watch their commercials! I believe the 30 minutes of nightly news has more than 10 minutes of ads. Ill record and speed thru commercials BUT!!! Too bad great show, couldnt wait for season 2, wont be watching it on ABC. For more news updates, . Our cable bill is out of sight, we are cutting the cable and going over the air or even tossing out our tVs. I like watching TV. I better understand why after the news I was always sure there was some ailment I needed to attend to. The Federal Communications Commission is the only God TV broadcasters and advertisers fear. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Also, the programs would end at the actual time instead of on the hour. Netflix and streaming services are a good option. 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. I was inspired to come on line here after a deluge of ads on BBC America. July 20, 2005, edition of ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings", guest hosted by Charles Gibson. Medicare Advantage, Sling TV are you ready now?, with no gadgets. 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, i stopped watching tv for over two years now and havent missed it at all !!!!!!!!! it is amazing how many side effects these drugs have; seems like the cure is almost as bad as the disease. the fbi saying mcrae suffered from mental health issues, noting they found a Not only do we pay for the privilege of watching all these commercials, the newscasters are now being forced to speak so fast to allow more space for advertising! Detroit local channel, 2.5 hr. I listen to talk radio and in 1/2 hour there is about 16 minutes of commercials, the olympics on NBC is awful To many commercials.across the board no matter what channel you are watching. And if you still need to spend money on good television, support your local PBS station. I, like so many others, have NEVER bought anything they advertise and never will.whats the point? Great post, Jim! TV and if I see a commercial promoting anything, I dont buy that product. I think some stories get mention four times before its actually shown. Youre right, Eddie. It is sad to see the decline of newspapers, since I enjoy reading them, although now it is done mostly online. 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 . Gone are adverts for restaurant chains, holidays, airways and now we have health insurance and all other insurances and banks. Its been WAY out of control for far too long. Of the 13 commercials, 9 were health-related and featured the following pharmaceutical and over the counter products: Rinvoq for rheumatoid arthritis, Entyvio for Crohns and ulcerative colitis, Otezla for psoriasis, Eliquis for a-fib, Dulcolax for constipation, Aspercreme for aches and pains, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes. (A DVR just makes the viewer go back and forth too much) Im a retired senior and watch too much TV but Im going to the library more often and gradually watching less. The Liberty Insurance ads are on at least 200 times a day. 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. In addition to that I do watch international programming on a free site that does have some commercials, but I do quick chores when the ads come on. 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 constant commercials are just plain annoying. Hey Im for that, I pay $177.00 a month to Spectrum for cable and internet, but Im getting to the end of my rope switching channels to avoid commercials. So, instead of only taking the amount needed to cover legitimate claims, they take additional billions for advertising as well as for corporate profit. 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! Who can resist Martha cooking up something delicious.. 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. 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! 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. Last year I started to watch football games with the remote nearby or in my hand so I could mute all the commercials. our shows.. Stop watching TV or rent movies. Have noticed commercial are the same for over a year. Cant get much worse! We overdo everything. To pound in more commercials, why else! about the animals it claims to saveBig Pharma pushes deadly meds likely to harm or kill those who use them.. CARE, UNICEF, Save The Children, Clinton Foundations all LIE about what they doexecs get 90% or more of every donated dollar for themselves & almost NOTHING goes to the cause itself. NBCU sits at the bottom, with 11.1. Cant escape the greedy grubby uber-consumerism. The frequent interruptions also add to our anger and frustration. Its just that, since we got cable TV, I only wash dishes during commercials. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. TCM with its great movies, commercial-free. I share a Netflix account with my daughter and have recently subscribed to YouTubeTV for a fraction of what Comcast was charging. Big Brother, Fake News and certain billionaire despots now run this country. They have like 25 minutes of commercials and 5 minutes of programming. On cable TV, the growth has been even more significant, the report notes. As I recall almost of the commercials in the 1960s were one minute long. Love the analysis. Majority aimed at senior citizens cheaply produced forms of insurance. We will only have just so many days, so many hours and only so many minutes. 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. This is commercial insanity. Their news is factual. next here, the major storm on the move tonight. The content lasting 15 seconds followed by 2.3 to 3.1 minutes of commercials. Now, if theyd just get rid of Cara Banks, Id be a happy guy! 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. 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. 2:22. The wash is started and I make my beds during the next commercials. Yes thats so right! pharmaceutical, insurance and automobile are the worst With pharmaceutical being number one. 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 named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. Guess the last laugh is really on them. Before writing a major complaint , check your facts. I told my family and friends its time to shut it all down and watch C.D.s I have With Medicare enrollment going on right now its constant all day, it is sickening and unnecessary. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax A sampling viewer should watch for 10 telltale tricks. The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. The Media Research Center's Baker told Fox News that "GMA" is "a celebrity-centric entertainment show with a few minutes of news thrown in at the start," so it "certainly seems a better fit. Thats the good old american way. I agree, I will never want to buy some product that I been forced to hear about every night over and over. A 60-something guy trying to figure out the world, and his place in it. What does that say? Why pay to watch commercials. So cable gets paid from us and through commercials, and nobody is getting off cheap! Once they get your money they could give a fuck if you even exist (until the next bill is due)! The series, along with Jeopardy!, had to halt production due to the coronavirus. Anyway, all these ads are expensive. The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these But Ive had too much of advertising on TV. First, I watch ABC World News each evening and noticed there seemed to be a disparity to the timing of the commercials compared to regular broadcast TV, but had never put the effort into to researching my theory. Personally I DVR everything or will pause for 15-20 minutes and go do something then come back and fast scan past them. It got to the point and was so frustrating by when they actually showed what the preview was it was basically the exact same thing as the preview was, with just a few seconds extra. More than 1/3 of early voters were aged 65 and older. But truth be told, customer satisfaction is no longer a meaningful factor. For many cruise passengers, bars play a pretty large role in their . Plus no one is going to produce a quality TV show if the TV stations dont have any money. How can any cable station, network or advertiser think that this approach will result in more sales? When it comes to commercial advertisements, I simply fast forward them. 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