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. So 90 minute program equals to 70-75 minutes, and 2 hour program at 84-88 minutes. I, like so many others, have NEVER bought anything they advertise and never will.whats the point? Even sports broadcasts have become painful to me Id rather follow the score in an app and catch the highlights later. Im also in development of a product that auto-mutes commercials, as the existing products out there that auto-mute dont work for long. In this insanely capitalistic nation, meaningful legislation to ease this torture is highly unlikely. Tune in to CNN and imeadiatly set the pause button. Meanwhile, on broadcast, Fox 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. The consumer has rights too, and need help with this matter. Ha! 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. 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. When respectable visit your local tattooist. I can go the bathroom, make a sandwich, and finish it, and the commercials are still not over. I say God bless TMC which runs entire classic movies without commercial interruption. No and now Frontier has added a fast forward rejection for commercials. This situation has grown steadily worse every month and year. I have never switched products on the word of some paid celebrity. How many years of the rest of your life do you want to devote to advertisers? A single episode of a one-hour network TV show typically lasts about 45 minutes, leaving roughly 15 minutes of air time for commercials. Then proceed to the bathroom and complete the three Ss, ending with a shower. Write and send your complaints to the FCC. 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. Do they think the cable providers care if you are watching? WebFor the 22 minute comedy sitcoms, they're usually structured to have 2 acts. Really? Notice now how CNN has added Anthony Bourdain? 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. They are useless annoyances. m. The real concern for American citizens is the lack of FCC and State Commerce agency oversight . Same with corrupt Clinton Foundations & fat cat overpaid, underperforming execs. The content lasting 15 seconds followed by 2.3 to 3.1 minutes of commercials. Other platforms are simply waiting for their popularity to gain momentum before they make big changes. Few if any commercials because that is what the monthly fee was for and there would be no need for commercials. They create ads and then asks you to pay not to watch them. The next commercial is in four minutes; I set up my vacuum and pick up newspapers and shoes that are cluttering the floor. With a new one featured every hour! In the US there are approximately eight or 8-1/2 minutes of commercials per half hour of broadcast television. my dad told me that there was an FCC regulation on how many commercials could be shown at one time. When they offer a discount, tell them you do want the discount and you want it to be retroactive and be applied to your service that you have already paid for up to this point. 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. Exceptions to this are overtime periods, which have none. Advanced nations in the world should be funding contraception for women in third-world nations anyway. If people like ads that much let them get a channel that plays nothing but ads. GROSS !!!!!!! We refuse to pay $100 a month anymore for TV broadcasting full of ads that mostly insult our intellegence. The irony is that consumer based propaganda (ads) helps sell the political propaganda that frequently masquerades as news. 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. So each 1/2 Well some of them at least. Your imagination comes back you may even start to question things which is a long lost art. Thank you for this I agree 100%. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. No commercials{netflix}, cheaper, limitied choice yes but your not supposed to be watching that much damn tv in the first place. Happy profits and goodbye! I was inspired to come on line here after a deluge of ads on BBC America. The. Sitcoms, minus the commercials, are typically 22 minutes long. How much does it pay? Oh, I dont get any money. If you think tv is that bad and dont like it that much then why dont you just stop watching it? This might be a good thing as we free ourselves from the idiot box and start taking in our surroundings. NO MORE. I have learned to be very good at commercial cleaning. Start hitting them where it hurts the most, in the pocketbook. Maybe theyre on a lot more, but we just cant watch all the channels at once. Here in the UK, if a show on the BBC is shown as lasting 30 minutes, it will be that long as there's no advertising there. I do not have a DVR or any way of recording..just a normal size t.v. I agree. What can be done to set new regulations on advertising interruption time of network programs. Aggravating, distracting and actually counterproductive. I mean, if they can reject a Politicians commercial because they dont like their politics, they should be able to reject some Noisy commercial selling something no one wants. Back in the day when I was a kid (a long time ago!) Doing this makes me even madder knowing that these folk lie to their advertisers about live viewer numbers. I use to like watching CBS this morning but by the time they finish their 15 minutes of ads I was forgetting what they were going to show next. Boycott Cable, even CNN, there is no other way they will learn. Why? Yes I remember all this BS so clearly when they wanted to get cable introduced into our small town. Why dont they just run commercials 24 / 7.THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM IT ! Doesnt seem that way anymore!!! It was making me psychotic. Detroit local channel, 2.5 hr. On the TV guide will be 5 or more channels sheerly for products being sold. 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. Ever since the :betamax, technology has only gotten better. I have not watched TV for several years now. Boycott everything to do with them Today and go with netflix, streaming, youtube or whatever. our dose of corporate vomit (adverts) has been slashed significantly. WTF! Im sure its much, much higher, as in up in the thousands. 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. I assume its a matter of financial survival or rather profit-growing to keep investors interested in supporting the model. Senators/Representatives?. 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. So much Advertisement it covers every thing I want to read That being NOT enough, they play commercials on the screen during the tv show. Its called Infomercial TV. The Federal Communications Commission is the only God TV broadcasters and advertisers fear. So interesting! I just got a 4k tv and I want to see the whole screen while my show is on. 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. If you would like to see American capitalism at its very, very worst just watch The Evening News, and observe the difference in how much less news you get to watch during the last fifteen minutes as compared to the first fifteen minutes due to the immense amount of advertising thrown in (on the average somewhere around four to five minutes of news, the rest advertisements!) In a one hour show, one is lucky to have 20 minutes of movie/tv show and 40 minutes of commercials. Some of the actors had only their names listed (you actually saw them on the screen, but had no idea who they were) . The number came out to 25 minutes of commercials and just over 22 minutes of actual show. 1- Many commercials are dumb as a stump at best. 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. All it takes is a DVR or a PC and a liitle determination to flip-off the advertisers! 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. Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! WebMost hour shows have about 5 breaks, but the number of breaks doesn't really matter since it usually amounts to 16-19 minutes total. To pound in more commercials, why else! Day before I dropped cable counted 18 stations playing same show all day long. Zero stories about how insurance companies rob citizens, then penalize them because their credit scores go down (huh?) 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. 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. a marketing resource.. Last year, the average was 15 minutes and 38 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 27 seconds in 2009, according to the report. ABC David Muir News last 16 minutes 75% commercials Keep fast forward handy !!! I sometimes just laugh at how the networks and cable do actually think we are all stupid. I also mute all commercials. 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 too many commercials, I remember the day when I looked forward to turning on the TV to relax now I just stare at a black screen trying to decide if I want to deal with all crap advertisers think I need. Thus, a sitcom script is generally between 25 and 40 pages long. Sure you only had a few premium channels, but the whole idea was to just watch movies. I have recently started a website, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. 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. This channel is RIDDLED with what seems like only the following commercials. ", i was watching a cable channel program and there was a commercial break every 6 minutes, makes me want to stop watching tv. I think well have a casserole, so I can watch Dr. Phil at 4PM. Now look at you tube, talk about commercial driven they are the example for others to mimick, but of course people put up with it and that sends the message that its OK to do whatever companies want and make gazillions off you. Our local SF Bay Area news programs are horrid. 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. The world of business is, in general, a very pathetic comment on the human state. Manipulative political porn. No ambulance chasers, no pill pill pushers, no car/home warranty sheisters. Not only is commercials outrageous but the volume goes up during the commercials. I too get annoyed by commercials on cable tv. 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. I pride myself on having this information. 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. Do they think their veiwers are morons with large wallets? I realize that someone has to pay for the freight so why not charge more for commercial time and have fewer of them? my money pay for ?My last Shaw Bill took 21 days to get to my Mail box. (60 minutes of commercials per 3 hours allotted for a movie). Cant get much worse! There are only two countries that allow pharmaceutical ads on TV. DVR or renting a movie is the best option time-wise. Yes, there is way too many commercials on regular tv! 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. The FCC has COMPLETE and TOTAL authority over them, so which do you think would be more effective at handling your complaints? Boy, I cant wait for track and field, Just comment on Comcast cable TV- ALSO, since Im typing in this box and TRYING TO READ what Ive wrote I CANT SEE IT!!! Only way to avoid ads is via Amazon Prime or similar subscriptions. Best thing we ever did. PULL THE PLUG!! I will mute the TV & go do something else or program the flashback button to TCM, where Im not subjected to mindless insurance, prescription drug and acne ads. you may all hate the commercials, but it is what pays for the programs you watch. over the years its got worse, now End credits of tv shows were not interrupted by future shows. Theyre the ones who make the rules for both TV stations AND advertisers. Who can resist Martha cooking up something delicious.. How many commercials are show on an average commercial break? Then it goes to about every 9 or 10 and then during the last 30 minutes it is every 4 minutes. As yet they have not choreographed their commercials to run concurrently which I find to be a blessing. 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. 60 second ASPCA ads (God I hate this commercial with a passion), Shriners hosital, and ads for various lawyers, government insurance programs, bottom shelf insurance companies, and life alert programs. Every time I see the POTUS, I expect it will the first time for there to be some trash corporate logo on the presidential lectern. So if you make $20 per hour, you should be charging $8-9 per hour to watch their commercials. Ill copy and save it and try again if it does. We overdo everything. Seems these idiots still dont get it. I sure have not!) 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. WebIn the USA, the average amount of commercial time is a little over 1/4 of the air time. 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. Its time for them to stop being so greedy, and provide a better version of the entertainment they claim to be providing. There are some, however, such as West Wing, which can be as long as 66 pages. The ridiculous ratio between commercial time vs. movie time MUST be alienating viewers. Recognize that this is a deductible business expense. So, tax dollars help pay for advertising! SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE VERY SOON. 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. 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 !!! Soon my show is nearly over and I still have six commercials left to start supper! I get Amazon Prime free because Im a member (and use Amazon to order a lot of stuff). Twice as many as CNN. I need ur help..what bis the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO TNX.. I DVR everything and FF through it all but having to pay attention enough to catch them all is annoying too. Perhaps Im wrong but my recollection is that there was actually a limit on the amount of time for commercials back in the 50s and 60s but it was removed by a suit claiming restraint of yrade.
Now end credits are zapped SO FAST one cannot see who did what or who was who on the screen. (Because no one would watch it of their own choice proving were not interested in them)! Here in the UK ,sat least we have some half dozen channels from the BBC with no commercials ,worth the 200 dollars yearly mandatory fee, all the hundreds of channels here are full of commercials,ads as we call them here,drive you mad . Every week I see a top rated comment in this subreddit where people complain about commercial time. I believe the 30 minutes of nightly news has more than 10 minutes of ads. The average time actually spent viewing the show was 6-7 minutes between commercials. Mind numbing, not to mention Butt numbing, broaden your horizons, get a hobby. I watch PBS for the majority of my shows. Think about it. Ill record and speed thru commercials BUT!!! 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. Act 1: All the shit that leads up to the first commercial break. If waiters and waitresses live on 15% tips the so can TV advertisers. I graduated college in 1993 with Communications major radio and television all of the instructors told us commercials who would be gone and the not too distant future boy were they full of BS. 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 programs are so cut up one cannot stay with the rhythm of the show or the plot is totally lost and or forgotten. MSNBC unwatchable. I dont watch regular television any more, not one damn show. 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. Liberty ads are really annoying too, with all that loud repetitive background music.. I mostly watch Netflix and get my news streamed on the Internet. Could not bear it any longer. We not only are paying for cable, but also giving them 20-25 minutes of our time. It seems the ad companies and those pushing their products dont grasp the principal of diminishing returns. Judge Judy has 17-18 minutes of commercials in an hour of programming which consists of two 30 minute shows. I watched Lone Survivor on demand on comcast Zimadude. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. its absolutely ridiculous people are already acting and driving that way.This world is going to hell in a hand basket and it need to STOP!!! I like watching TV. NO COMMERCIALS NEEDED. Price was getting out of hand and there was new under the sun. I only noticed it because some of the shows I was watching seemed to be going unusually ABRUPTLY from show to commercial. Act 2: All the shit being resolved after the commercial break. Im pretty much done with that. The next commercial is in four minutes and that gives me three minutes to run my sweeper and put it away. It didn`t take any time at all for greed to step into that game. The next commercials are in five minutes, allowing me plenty of time to polish the tables and start my laundry. I now have an antenna set up to receive local programming on approx 25 to 40 stations. 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. I do NOT have a personal relationship with my insurer (geico lizards be damned). Now they get 4 commercials for the same price. You would think that I should be entitled to watch commercial free movies. Using the autopsy feature on anything is a sure way to leave the door open to your loss. Still, I am paying good money for this bull-help is very much needed! I watch General Hospital at 2 PM EST. The sheer number of commercials is mind numbing. These breaks run Now its mainly Pawn Stars and other such rubbish. A commercial every 3 to 4 minutes. Bitching just reinforced the fact that they know you are going to continue your service no matter what they do, they hope to see these posts because youre the base they rely on for their vacations and private movie screenings, events, awards and ceremonies, you keep them in the same rooms with movie stars and other mogulss. Do not buy from their sponsors and maybe they will back off on some of this crap. 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. David Muirs nightly news at 6:30 is absolutely THE WORST when it comes to commercials. 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 always mute them, I will come back into the room just to mute them. I close my eyes during the estimated commercial times. What a shame that these greedy TV morons cant fix the aggravating problem. We go to the least expensive product that has the safest ingredients. Im tired of being brainwashed with all the stupidity of the ads being shown. Now, if theyd just get rid of Cara Banks, Id be a happy guy! I do stream Netflix and Hulu along with Amazon as I have a Prime membership. It's always "We'll be right back", and then when it comes back on, he spends 20 sec recapping the last 60-second segment. Pretty soon there will be more commercial and show.. We are the consumer and if we impact that which we are so unreceptive to by not watching surely TV executives will deal with it in a manner that will be acceptable by us. 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. When (if) they get a few thousand complaints every day about the length and frequency of television commercials, only then will they have a reason to involve themselves and do something about it. The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these OXYGEN CHANNEL IS THE WORST- ABSOLUTE WORST PROGRAMMING TOO!! The commercial breaks are like every 5 minutes! They have like 25 minutes of commercials and 5 minutes of programming. Too many commercials and JIVE ASS!! And if you still need to spend money on good television, support your local PBS station. Sick. Although some manage to get major hospitals renamed after them. An average hour of monitored prime-time US network TV programming in Q408 contained seven minutes, 59 seconds (7:59) of in-show brand appearances and 13:52 of network commercial messages, for a combined total of 21:51 of marketing content, according to TNS Media Intelligence. These commercials are terrible for news programs because a viewer never gets to know anything about a story because of interruptions. The FCC? I remember 10 years ago I didnt need a cable box to get HD tv direct to my set. Our obsession with money is at a disgusting level. Watching the View, Dr. Phil, the news and many most other shows especially Y & R go way beyond the allowed limit, is anyone watching? To whom should we forward our requests for relief from excessive TV advertising? 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. oversight agencies and they are on a path to kill the golden goose. 50 minutes of musice and then 10 of comercials . Thanks for all of your time & work. Its all a matter of scheduling your day!!! It costs for good internet, but Im done with cable TV. commercials were not supposed to be on cable when it came to our area, thats why you are paying for cable thats what we were told, now we pay high rates and the commercials have never stopped increasing in the amount of time they have taken up per hour. i remember those great days when commercials were regulated by law. I also use the mute button but, Im tired of that as well. Too many adsfar too many dishonest ads & profligate lies, l4ies & more LIES! I record all the shows I want to watch so that I can fast forward commercials. This is cheapness on a grand scale and the average viewer doesnt realize that by having MORE commercials and less news, the news divisions also need fewer employees. Everone should know how much their time is worth per hour. a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies Once they get your money they could give a fuck if you even exist (until the next bill is due)! If only we could return to those halcyon days before big pharma was allowed TV ads. had three commercial breaks; the first break ran nearly 6 minutes with 15 different commercials, starting with a promo for TV Land's Happily Divorced. I cannot stand watching the news anymore. Action must be taken for all these legitimate complaints. Its getting even more annoying this year. The broadcast lasted three hours and 15 minutes, but it included 18 separate commercial breaks that in total lasted 43 minutes not including the halftime break. 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