Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. So in terms of stand-alone campaign stories this year, it's been 234 minutes for Trump, compared to 10 minutes for Sanders. 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. All tv outlets are doing this now, Logo airs Fresh Prince in 45min blocks. Whats cool about YouTubeTV is that you can record any program you like and just skip through the commercials as if you were using your old DVR that Comcast up-charged you for. So why pay the extraordinary high price of cable or satellite to watch commercials, I would understand if tv was free but with the price we pay, there shouldnt be any commercials at all!! 4. Im fed up with interruptions in flow of programs with sooo many commercials, soIm recording and watching 1hour later fast fwd thru commercials or the next day. It is totally stupid to waste money on commercials that are longer than I now have an antenna set up to receive local programming on approx 25 to 40 stations. 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. This situation has grown steadily worse every month and year. Now my rooms are clean, my laundry is ready to fold or hang during the next set of commercials. We go to the least expensive product that has the safest ingredients. Is your bathroom closer to the TV? They dont see people they see $ sign, Online streaming services surpassed television. Can you imagine if we only have all these boring institutions left after lockdown. I limit my TV view on cable to mostly free movies on certain channels Tha t have no commercials. I also pay for YouTube premium to avoid commercials. On discovery for example I may have to try watch same aired episode 3-4 times to see entire program just due to seeing same medicare commercial every 4 minutes. Otherwise, I just become annoyed, and turn off the TV. Mainly because of the time allotted for commercials. I am guessing at some point well just be watching CNN all day . That man is beyond handsome and bordering pretty. What adds insult to injury is that my cable company wants me to pay for television channels that are riddled with commercials. Now, if theyd just get rid of Cara Banks, Id be a happy guy! Cheers to all posters on this thread. In a site I was at before coming here, Comcast, NBC, and MSNBC are suing Dish Network for use of the auto skip ad function their newest DVRs. I need ur help..what bis the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO TNX.. ABC saw a 22% increase in 2020, while CBS and NBC each saw an 8% increase. I am tired of all the feminine and hygiene products such as, tampon, bra, panty and the other commercials. I dont watch regular television any more, not one damn show. 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. Advertising is EVERYWHERE, blighting the landscape and the media. Watch only the first half then turn it off. My beef with World News Tonight is that they tease you endlessly with what you are going to be seeing. Maybe we are all that old and broken down! How about a government run insurance that only takes premiums to cover claims, and administrative costs, and returns ALL extra monies on a pro rata basis back to the customers? Rather this boycott will only be effective and send a clear message to all those responsible for the low and poor quality of Television today if we stand united. m. The real concern for American citizens is the lack of FCC and State Commerce agency oversight . The amount of commercials are ridiculous! I hate commercials so much. So in terms of stand-alone campaign stories this year, it's been 234 minutes for Trump, compared to 10 minutes for Sanders. February 26, 2023, 6:15 AM. ..and its getting worse, the story says. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. Otherwise I would sit and let the day go by, whilst the Boob Tube sucks at my brain! Stop the ads ..we are sick of them where are the t.v.shows with out sooo many ads. I agree, I will never want to buy some product that I been forced to hear about every night over and over. I have not watched TV for several years now. July 20, 2005, edition of ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings", guest hosted by Charles Gibson. .more .more 3 years ago 79K views 5 years ago 2. So 90 minute program equals to 70-75 minutes, and 2 hour program at 84-88 minutes. 80 million people in the path of strong winds, heavy snow, and a tornado threat. Abc world news commercials. I tuned into my local ABC affiliate at around 6:45 PM this evening to catch the remainder of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. I named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. Do they think the cable providers care if you are watching? 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. I have since gotten rid of cable television for reasons just like this one. EVERYONE UNITE! They would be very surprised to see these being young viewers since they have known those people where never part of the cable users base. the fbi saying mcrae suffered from mental health issues, noting they found a In other words, they expand the viewing time by almost half for your commercial enjoyment. AMAC uses its funds to actually HELP seniors, not to rip them off like AARP does at every turn! Week after week same thing its so stupid and the same ones over and over on the same Show! Great, she said. the network is pleased as punch to fill their ad space and rake in the revenue, while many other businesses are struggling, they are booming. The license to operate over the public airways comes with responsibilities-it was never meant to be next here, the major storm on the move tonight. UNTIL, we Boycott TV all together. 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 This advertising is meant to get people to request/demand these drugs even if the physician hasnt mentioned them. As I recall almost of the commercials in the 1960s were one minute long. Half the time Im not sure what condition they seek to address because the ads are ambiguous and then the name of the drug sounds like the one from the previous commercial. All these advertising scumbags should have razor cuts all over their bodies then drenched in alcohol. Maybe theyre on a lot more, but we just cant watch all the channels at once. For fun yesterday I counted how many commercials played during break the average is 10 up to 13 that is crazy. Our cable bill is out of sight, we are cutting the cable and going over the air or even tossing out our tVs. the companies are spending on these ad buys, because they know the numbers support this. I love the Super Bowl for both the game and the commercials, and I love the British Christmas commercials. Are you really that weak willed? The average audiences for the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS and NBC grew across all three networks, according to Comscore TV Essentials data. If the 13-minute figure was accurate I would only see a commercial when I turn the TV on once in four times. Cant get much worse! Mind numbing, not to mention Butt numbing, broaden your horizons, get a hobby. No commercials. And I watched it for a while, just to see that it was STILL cut all to hell to add yet more commercials. May they get the payback they so richly deserve. Last Sunday we tried to watch the ABC Sunday night Movie. These commercials are terrible for news programs because a viewer never gets to know anything about a story because of interruptions. Stop or sign up for some online service. NR | 11.16.21 | 20:47 | CC. CNN devotes up to 12 commercial in its quick breaks. Watch live streaming events from ABC News Live. It seems the ad companies and those pushing their products dont grasp the principal of diminishing returns. Only way to avoid ads is via Amazon Prime or similar subscriptions. Even sports broadcasts are unwatchable due to the sheer volume of ads shoved at the viewer. Recognize that this is a deductible business expense. So, tax dollars help pay for advertising! That way I can select what to watch,or, delete the programs entirely. I was trying to find out about tv shows back in the 60s & 70s & cant seem to find an answer. I do maintain a subscription to Sling for sports, but now find it hard to watch even a high profile football game, due to the sheer number of commercials being pushed out. Cut. Now they get 4 commercials for the same price. (Because no one would watch it of their own choice proving were not interested in them)! Free TV has at least six minutes less time airing commercials than pay TV! John. the average 1 hour show has 17-18 minutes of advertisements. in a few more years the television industry with pass into history. When I was a kiddo news-junkie in the 60s, networks did not saturate their news programs with commercials. I also noted that it seems the commercials are likely targeting people who have access to doctors and drugs, which I assume tends to skew a bit older. I wonder if David Muir knows how truly annoying his show is to people. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. 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. .. .. .. Sure they will laugh but if enough people start calling and demanding this, IT WILL GET DONE. or because they file a claim. Last year, the average was 15 minutes and 38 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 27 seconds in 2009, according to the report. The rates go up, service goes down. So far, its coming along great ! Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. by Alexander Pope. I often wonder if, because of the unending stream of side effects, if this is actually a bit of disclaimers as well as promoting drug seeking activity. Some 1-hour shows averaged over 50 minutes w/o commercials. 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. Plus no one is going to produce a quality TV show if the TV stations dont have any money. 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. Here's how to get the most out of Royal Caribbean's Deluxe Beverage Package (or Prime Casino Royale free drinks in the casino). Great observations, Jim. account for about 50% of all commercials. Twice as many as CNN. MANY TIMES, they simply show a complete hour of what they showed before many, many times.. Im jealous of your time spent in advertising, its always seemed like a fascinating field. Soon my show is nearly over and I still have six commercials left to start supper! GMA and other shows are guilty of pouring over 10 minutes of commercials continuously! I was watching a show the other night and decided to count the commercials.. Judge Judy has 17-18 minutes of commercials in an hour of programming which consists of two 30 minute shows. PBS. I am a senior who is furious with the many. 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. TvLand is the worst. The trend is 4-6 minutes of show and 5 minutes of commercial.and on and on. ASPCA LIES & grossly misleads in its ads. Gone are adverts for restaurant chains, holidays, airways and now we have health insurance and all other insurances and banks. It is getting to the point where we watch a lot less tv about ready to drop cable. But the length of each episode of the 2006 remaster of Star Trek (the original series) come out at about 48 minutes less commercials, so there were a lot of edits made. View all posts by Jim Borden. Advanced nations in the world should be funding contraception for women in third-world nations anyway. If you arent watching their every move they takes advantage of you. I told my family and friends its time to shut it all down and watch C.D.s I have CUT & PASTE THIS MESSAGE AND KEEP PASSING IT ON!! The next commercial is in four minutes and that gives me three minutes to run my sweeper and put it away. I agree with you on the number of commercials but you are insinuating that RA is an old folk disease. I DVR everything and FF through it all but having to pay attention enough to catch them all is annoying too. I just complain to Direct TV.. but there all laughing at us. Then it goes to about every 9 or 10 and then during the last 30 minutes it is every 4 minutes. Then proceed to the bathroom and complete the three Ss, ending with a shower. The actual program is about 7 minutes the rest is commercials and Well be right back, In our next segment, See what happens when, Dont go away, you have to see why (so-n-so), Blah-blah and Yada-yada. Even pbs is loaded with advertisements. He did this during his first days in office. they dont spend without knowing the demos and numbers. Too many commercials and JIVE ASS!! And for those of you willing to cross to the dark side, theres Kodi. and we begin tonight with the alarming new number with the I also doubt that the commencials happen every 6 minutes, that would mean 10 breaks but only 90 seconds of commercials at a break, way lower. See ya, I have to take a 20 minute commercial break! Fox used to be on our main satellite provider but pulled out of it as ratings were very low it seems we do have standards here , I used to watch occasionally it was good for a laugh, and probably for raising your blood pressure. An hour of United States prime-time television loses 8 minutes to commercials. Just stopped watching MSNBC. My Doctor friend told me while eating lunch that if a drug was heavily advertised a patient should never, never ever take it. 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. I actually watched a Friends episode specifically for the purpose of timing the commercials. Could you imagine a Navy Seal say Frickin??? Even PBS has ads. How is the word commercial defined? You would think that I should be entitled to watch commercial free movies. I agree with all that is being said. 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 . All fluff. I promise you that over 15 minutes of the half hour show was ad time. Early on 30-minute tv shows were brought to you by one sponsor. Once they get your money they could give a fuck if you even exist (until the next bill is due)! If Joe Biden dropped a bomb tomorrow, guess who wouldn't cover the true story and guess who they'd pin it on, President Trump. So interesting! "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. 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 !!! Thats why I have a dozen old remotes with worn out mute buttons. Not only is commercials outrageous but the volume goes up during the commercials. However, we did Cut The Cable and revert to Digital antennae, Or Free TV, or Poor TV, as we call it LOL. I never knew, for example, that insurance and animals were closely related. Boycott Cable, even CNN, there is no other way they will learn. Last thought, although I continue to be heterosexual, if I ever decided to change teams, it would be because of David Muir. What their next move? snow in denver for the morning commute. 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 usually go to the kitchen to make my sandwiches. They show more and more commercials, I watch less and less TV. Ive became SO fed up with trying to watch a show (or movies) with the ever-increasing TSUNAMI of commercials, that I finally gave up trying to watch shows altogether on both broadcast and cable tv. Senators/Representatives?. So freaking stupid. No unsightly antenna on the roof or tower to maintain. ), Advertiser expenditures for the evening broadcast news programs ABCs World News Tonight, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News each rose in 2020, according to estimates from Kantar. The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. I also use the mute button but, Im tired of that as well. I rarely look at As soon as I find another internet provider I will be done with DISH. AARP lies & spends millions on its ads which flood the screen time after time, day in, day out. Actuality. We are not getting the product, for which were paying for. Its getting even more annoying this year. MARTIN SMITH: [ voice-over ] In the summer of 2007, America's coal companies, railroads and utilities launched . people are trapped in their homes and worried about what is going on. Just as most of the complaints on too many commercials we have cut down on TV watching BY 70% Second, I have always thought that pharmaceutical advertising had begun to dominate commercial breaks, but when you put commercials that close together it becomes painfully obvious. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. There are only two countries that allow pharmaceutical ads on TV. Commercial creep was a factor in my decision to dump cable altogether in favor of ad-free streaming services. THERE IS A SOLUTION SUPPORT AND WATCH PBS! I doubt if anyone will read this.. my money pay for ?My last Shaw Bill took 21 days to get to my Mail box. Call your TV provider and tell them they have a choice. End credits of tv shows were not interrupted by future shows. Even if a dvr or fast forward is used, the actual story of the show has been cut. I believe the 30 minutes of nightly news has more than 10 minutes of ads. 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. Within a one hour show, there were 41 commercials Makes me glad I have a PVR so I can fast forward them. , But people would be more likely to read yours . Im not real sure what you might do with these comments but pretty sure nothing will be done! I agree. Cable companies are thieves and there is no bigger thief than Comcast. Good bye David .. Nick at Nite now up to 20+ minutes of commercials per hour !!!!!!! 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. 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. Anyway, viewers are beginning to revolt by not watching! Thereis no reason anyone has to subject himself/herself to Madison Avenue ad firms. BOYCOTT YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER THIS COMING JULY 1ST. I better understand why after the news I was always sure there was some ailment I needed to attend to. An ad for donations for contraception medications or products would be a more logical plea for struggling populations not money to feed abandoned and unwanted children. The drug companies already spend large sums promoting their drugs to docs. PULL THE PLUG!! I cut the cord a year ago, in part because of the commercial load. No more dying children and sad dogs shivering in the cold. For kicks I sampled a number of popular channels* to see what the percentage of commercials to programming averaged. 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. Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Guess I need to look for another news source. and no way to delete it. at one scene Marcus Lattrell said Frick You. Maybe its time to see for myself. This news program lies to hurt President Trump, Republicans, and conservatives. I had to shake my head as I read this. On Friday night's edition of ABC World News Tonight, Muir aired portions of an interview he conducted with Biden at the White House earlier Friday.. Muir spent a solid three minutes on the . Now end credits are zapped SO FAST one cannot see who did what or who was who on the screen. Oh dear. 1995 Dollars. Your imagination comes back you may even start to question things which is a long lost art. The cable operators employ a large staff of highly paid lobbyists to twist the arms of these So now LETS ALL SPREAD THE WORD AND SHOW OUR UNITED POWER BY BEGINNING THE BOYCOTT OF CABLE TV THIS COMING THURSDAY OF JULY 1ST TO HELP SHOW THOSE JUST HOW SERIOUS AND DISSATISFIED WE THE PAYING PUBLIC HAVE BECOME AND HOW FIRM WE STAND AND PLAN TO MAKE OURSELVES HEARD ON THIS NEXT UPCOMING INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! Post A Comment. It does absolutely NO GOOD to gripe about TV ads on forums like this one. I have kept it for my husband, who loves sports. 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