Im sure both the ads and the shows such cool stuff would be associated arent nearly as depressing as the news and its commercials. TvLand is the worst. Absolutely! MSNBC unwatchable. By 3 p.m. Tuesday, a total of 390,455 votes had been cast, with the largest . Viacom currently airs the most commercial minutes per hour among the cable groups, at 15.1. this allows you to watch the program without commercials,,,,program is now 40 minutes rather than one hour. I believe the 30 minutes of nightly news has more than 10 minutes of ads. the fbi saying mcrae suffered from mental health issues, noting they found a Lying crooks! 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. We were sucked into to the BIG LIE of pay TV under the notion that well now pay for the TV service but commercials would be gone. But truth be told, customer satisfaction is no longer a meaningful factor. 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. - Only last week ahead of the All-Star break did Klay Thompson even receive medical clearance to play on back-to-back nights, 13 months after his return from a more than 2 1/2-year absence . Had to quit watching. 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. The manufacturers of these product want to sell their wares, but to inundate us with all the hype and propaganda about these products, I am seriously considering selling my TV and start doing something else with my time. 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 . Zimadude. within minutes. Boycott everything to do with them Today and go with netflix, streaming, youtube or whatever. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. When I was a kiddo news-junkie in the 60s, networks did not saturate their news programs with commercials. 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. I would think thats advertiser deception and probably prohibited by law. The sort of funny thing is the people being targeted have no ability to prescribe drugs. Its funny that it is that obvious to an outsider. 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. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. I only use the TV for DVD movies where I can fast forward over the name promoting actors, director, etc. We are already doing that they just dont care and since more people are switching to streaming they need more adds to cover their lost profit, hence more commercials per hour, I cant stand fox NFL on Sundays or Thursday night football bc they fuck with more commercials then football damn it. I either watch DVDs or stream commercial free from Netflix or Hulu. then utter greed took over and they pretend it;s because of freedom of something or other!! Thats the good old american way. So interesting! So if an episode is 24-26 minutes without comercials then air the epispde in its entirety first then take the remaining 4-6 minutes for comercials and repeat. i agree this commercial break every 6 min is annoying and dumb, this is ANNOYING i went to go watch my favourite show but there was ads so i went to 10 new channels and ALL HAD ADDS F*&#K DIS IM DONE. I just complain to Direct TV.. but there all laughing at us. I mostly watch Netflix and get my news streamed on the Internet. 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 watched Big Sky TV show last week and timed the number of minutes. I dont watch much TV but I have asked my parents to take note of the change in commercials with the lockdown. 50 minutes of musice and then 10 of comercials . 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 . A commercial every 3 to 4 minutes. 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. So, sponsors became alternate week sponsors and now participating sponsor (an ad here an ad there). 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. The commercial breaks are like every 5 minutes! That seems outrageous for a drug to cost $10,000 per month; I hope it is bringing you relief. My sense is that many cable news are more than 1/4th consisting of ads. Netflix and streaming services are a good option. After reading, I googled global pharmaceuticals market about $1 trillion dollars. I to, have never bought a prodect that has been adderverised. I record a lot of the time ! That's despite years of. Those 500 channels we supposedly get are duplicates and triplicates. Yes. Join. REMEMBER THIS IS THE UNITED MESSAGE THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM US OR SEE ON ANY OF THESE COMPLAINT BLOGS. Our days now dont have enough hours in them. It sure does. Guess I need to look for another news source. Im not real sure what you might do with these comments but pretty sure nothing will be done! Last year I pretty much gave up on TV. Same as the Toll Bridge myth. GROSS !!!!!!! I simply cant sit through a half hour sitcom for example, and watch 10-11 minutes of commercials. OXYGEN CHANNEL IS THE WORST- ABSOLUTE WORST PROGRAMMING TOO!! 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. We not only are paying for cable, but also giving them 20-25 minutes of our time. Im also in development of a product that auto-mutes commercials, as the existing products out there that auto-mute dont work for long. Im sure its much, much higher, as in up in the thousands. The date and time was selected to impact news coverage . Bless you and your formula for resisting consumer propaganda. "In 2009, 30-second spots accounted for 62% of all ads on television; 15-second spots were just 35%. Not to mention the newscaster is CUT OFF IN MID SENTENCE. So depressing! Its terrible. Soon I transfer my washer load into the dryer while I sweep the kitchen and dining room. Great piece, Jim. I named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. "This week's episodes of Wheel of Fortune may be delayed or preempted for special coverage from ABC World News Tonight. The FCC? 2 minutes of swimming, then 6 minutes of commercials, 45 second of an interview, 5 minutes of commercials-Same thing with gymnastics I dont know if that still applies but I just got finished watching a movie on Oxygen channel and I counted 18 commercials in one break and 19 in the next one and those were just the last 2 commercial breaks. Doesnt seem that way anymore!!! So we take that even further and do not buy products advertised on TV, we feel if its heavily advertised the product is over priced. I am sorry if I have caused any offence. 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. If youre in the mood to write a lengthy diatribe anyway, you should ALL address your concerns to the only people who have the authority to do something about it: The FCC. Because of all the commercials I cut my cable subscription to just basic and purchased a roku stick. The IRS doesnt have commercials. Or at least a large percentage of the equity. plus, a severe thunderstorm watch at this hour in parts of the south. If people like ads that much let them get a channel that plays nothing but ads. Commercials are included. I cut the cord in August, 2009 and have never missed it. 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. But to see all I wanted, I was forced to go to the Dark Side, A fireTV stick, properly programmed, gets me most everything I could ever want to watch for free, no commercials. 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. what cat we do to stop it! I subscribe to Sling for sports, but will be cutting that as well,in a day or two. ABC has been using a similar strategy to boost its numbers of "World News Tonight" by airing it live at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time on KABC in L.A. in addition to the traditional 6:30 p.m. timeslot. My first time here. In my eyes youre asking for it and you blindly go through life thinking you have a day or your voices matter but you never seem to understand that your money is the only voice they hear. Weve stopped watching television in our house. 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. 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. I actually watched a Friends episode specifically for the purpose of timing the commercials. Nobody does it better. Its just that, since we got cable TV, I only wash dishes during commercials. I seem to recall that Saint Ronald Reagan deregulated, along with much else, the maximum commercial time on television. Americans need to stand together and boycott certain channels on certain days to show our voice matters. And many times, I wont bother to switch it back. If YOU REALLY WANT IT TO STOP THEN READ THIS, UNITE, ORGANIZE AND PLAN TO BOYCOTT YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER THIS JULY 1ST (WHICH IS A THURSDAY AND A BUSINESS DAY JUST BEFORE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF 2017!). Read our research on: Congress | Economy | Black Americans. 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. : Is there any address that I can send my feeling about how many commercials are being played at one time on Satellite TV. In this article, we'll help you decide which option is best for you. Yes. Pretty much the only thing I watch live anymore is the NFL, but even with that, Ive now started dvring the games, and watching immediately after the game ends, so I can skip all the commercials.. No thanks Im happy only paying $20.00 a month and actually seeing things I am interested in. In one hour, 33-40% of the time is devoted to commercials. What does that say? 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. Thanks, Melanie. The underlying event is not really newsworthy. There is an insidiousness about this. Personalized news alerts keep you updated on the topics you care about most. 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. (+1) 202-419-4300 | Main What do you use now? A Russian column of troops and tanks was captured via satellite - extending for more than 3.25 miles; The US will send almost $54 million (40 million) in humanitarian aid to Ukraine to assist . So 90 minute program equals to 70-75 minutes, and 2 hour program at 84-88 minutes. 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. According to the data, A&E Group 17 minutes and . I told my family and friends its time to shut it all down and watch C.D.s I have I guess anyone who is watching ABC News fits into their demographic. But the thing that I cant understand is the fact that customers think that posting their complaints will actually have any impact on anything. 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. So once it was over I decided to watch it again, and write down how many commercials there were, how long each one aired, and what the commercial was for. Yes, I have to agree with you. Oh dear. I rarely look at Thanks for putting in the hard work! Ill copy and save it and try again if it does. They tease every single story at the top and some 3 or more times during the show. Advanced nations in the world should be funding contraception for women in third-world nations anyway. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. (This data reflects Kantars estimates of the amount of money paid by advertisers, rather than the amount of revenue actually earned by networks.). 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. Youre shelling out good money for the dubious privilege of being treated like a mindless consumer. I limit my TV view on cable to mostly free movies on certain channels Tha t have no commercials. They are spending billions on ads, money that they take from customers, for in many cases REQUIRED BY LAW that people purchase. 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. About 25-30% of the tv show is not what we want to see. 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. During that time period, there were 13 commercials, totaling about 8 minutes and 15 seconds. I know I am in the minority, but commercials have never bothered me. 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. However, we did Cut The Cable and revert to Digital antennae, Or Free TV, or Poor TV, as we call it LOL. I no longer watch them unless desperate. There is no escape. I only have Internet. Those companies are fools because millions of people are not watching their commercials. For the first time since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Pence will sit down for his first network interview to discuss his role on that day, his family and his faith, as well as what he reveals in his new autobiography, "So Help Me God." There are times when you get one news story followed by a set of commercials and then another single story followed by more commercials. With a new one featured every hour! Best solution. 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. Denzel Lafayette, of North Adams, Mass., was 22 when he drove to Bennington to . Even pbs is loaded with advertisements. I usually go to the kitchen to make my sandwiches. ASPCA LIES & grossly misleads in its ads. 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. How much does it pay? Oh, I dont get any money. Great, she said. Last thought, although I continue to be heterosexual, if I ever decided to change teams, it would be because of David Muir. Netflix & Acorn as my streaming shows. Tonight I timed the last 15 minutes of the ABC nightly news. It makes me not want to watch TV. Earlier in the month, the show, which has previously stated it . How many years of the rest of your life do you want to devote to advertisers? 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,. Its getting even more annoying this year. 90% of funds go into execs pockets, almost NOTHING goes to benefit the cause the charity was created to help. I am tired of all the feminine and hygiene products such as, tampon, bra, panty and the other commercials. 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. shows were paying for. Also, the programs would end at the actual time instead of on the hour. Eight minutes of movie to nine minutes of ads I timed it! Watch PBS, commercial free and you get actual news and not what a pundit thinks. I cut the cord a year ago, in part because of the commercial load. When it comes to commercial advertisements, I simply fast forward them. Thats the only thing they understand. About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. .more .more 3 years ago 79K views 5 years ago 2. Sorry, but no. Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage. 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. BENNINGTON A Massachusetts man convicted last July of sexually assaulting a minor after climbing into her window with a deadly weapon was handed a five-years-to-life prison sentence in a Bennington courthouse Tuesday. I had to switch to Lester Holt, lol (and theyve got a full medicine cabinet too of drug ads.) I dont watch much broadcast or cable TV anymore, but there are some good shows out there. ", i was watching a cable channel program and there was a commercial break every 6 minutes, makes me want to stop watching tv. 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