Aggravating, distracting and actually counterproductive. Best thing we ever did. Thank you for this I agree 100%. Then Comcast will be forced once again to treat their customers with respect as they used to. Its rediculus that some commercials last as long as 7 minutes or longer. Have been watching over the air channels for a year because cable is a rip off. 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. 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. Viacom currently airs the most commercial minutes per hour among the cable groups, at 15.1. What do you use now? My guess is that there are more and more shorter commercials because the advertisers are less likely to pay for them. Otherwise, I just become annoyed, and turn off the TV. I think we all like to sit down in front of the tellie and watch a movie, sitcom or the news without so very many interruptions. The myth was that you would pay for cable in order to be free from commercial interruption. Third, I dont know when, we as a society, decided that we would replace lifestyle choices to find better living through chemistry. On two of those three networks, the start time for the show is like 3:06PM and ends at 3:36PM. and your health tonight. Maybe we are all that old and broken down! Last year, the average was 15 minutes and 38 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 27 seconds in 2009, according to the report. See ya, I have to take a 20 minute commercial break! 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. I am guessing at some point well just be watching CNN all day . 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. Now they get 4 commercials for the same price. Be not a sheep. Less money and no ads {except Hulu). Its outrageous! I am sorry if I have caused any offence. That is absolutely outrageous and should never happen. Thanks, Michael, for adding your insights. So freaking stupid. Why dont they just run commercials 24 / 7.THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM IT ! After reading through 80% of these posts I have concluded that I myself am very surprised that cable was still available and people were actually paying for it? and all of it due to GREED/their need to make as much money as possible!!!!!!!!! I have just finished reading all of the comments above and not a single person is wrong! Sorry but nothing short of a massive Television boycott is going to get any decision makers attention.. One of these days a Network will realize that if they establish standards and reject commercials with yelling, screaming, and other obnoxious audio, their Nielsen ratings would increase. (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. I know Im in the minority; I actually dont mind the commercials, unless Im in a hurry to get through a show weve recorded. It does absolutely NO GOOD to gripe about TV ads on forums like this one. TV and if I see a commercial promoting anything, I dont buy that product. We are paying a lot of money for our TV viewing, and feel that customer satisfaction in the most important. Thank God for Netflix and channels like HBO because paying to not have to see any commercials is more then worth it. WTF! That way I can select what to watch,or, delete the programs entirely. Really? I always mute them, I will come back into the room just to mute them. Our local SF Bay Area news programs are horrid. 2- When we watch annoying commercials I will go out of my way to avoid buying the product or services. I just got a 4k tv and I want to see the whole screen while my show is on. Even the newscasters find ways to interject company names or products into their conversation- and during the actual news. 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. Its not like there isnt PLENTY of other things to watch in the meantime! 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 In the old days (mid 60s) it used to be around 6 minutes per half hour and about 11 minutes per hour. Each of us only have a certain amount of time that we will get to live and be here on this earth. Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! our dose of corporate vomit (adverts) has been slashed significantly. Which means my 1 hour show was almost 20mins of commercials. To think what the advertisers can create and pull-off in one minute has always impressed me. 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. This is so bad we all must demand less commercials per hour. It seems the ad companies and those pushing their products dont grasp the principal of diminishing returns. I usually always watch two shows at once , and sometimes itll be three , so when Commercials come on one I flip to the other. It just made me pity the people who hung on its every word. I havent watched commercials in years, since TIVO came out. When they begin showing Commercials during these broadcasts.I will just laugh and laugh! There is no escape. what cat we do to stop it! Personalized news alerts keep you updated on the topics you care about most. 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. CUT & PASTE THIS MESSAGE AND KEEP PASSING IT ON!! I guess anyone who is watching ABC News fits into their demographic. ABC evening news viewership grew 16% to 7.6 million viewers in 2020, following an 11% increase in 2019. Senators/Representatives? I remember when cable was just supposed to be for reception and commercial free channels! You just came back from commercial 20 seconds ago! Earlier in the month, the show, which has previously stated it . 5 mins of news 10 mins of commercials, they obviously need to pay for those big salaries, BS, BS, BS, a bunch of sell outs!!! With Medicare enrollment going on right now its constant all day, it is sickening and unnecessary. 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. It didn`t take any time at all for greed to step into that game. I only noticed it because some of the shows I was watching seemed to be going unusually ABRUPTLY from show to commercial. I cut the cord in August, 2009 and have never missed it. Guess the last laugh is really on them. I not only stopped paying for tv because of endless commercials but they all found a new way to rip people off and profiting showing blocks of same shows endlessly repeated day after day. Ridiculous!! Its because Disney owns all the channels. Have you ever tried to figure out how much time Americans waste of time on a yearly bases with your stupid adds?? 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. I can start watching a movie 45 60 minutes after the start time, fast forward through the commercials; and catch up to the live broadcast by the end of the movie. OXYGEN CHANNEL IS THE WORST- ABSOLUTE WORST PROGRAMMING TOO!! I was trying to find out about tv shows back in the 60s & 70s & cant seem to find an answer. In other words, they dont just break INTO a show, and then resume at that same point in the show after the commercial, but they break OVER actual show content, and when the show resumes you never know that you missed part of the show, it was just left out! (This data reflects Kantars estimates of the amount of money paid by advertisers, rather than the amount of revenue actually earned by networks.). How many years of the rest of your life do you want to devote to advertisers? On Location: February 24, 2023. Even if a dvr or fast forward is used, the actual story of the show has been cut. 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. Mind numbing, not to mention Butt numbing, broaden your horizons, get a hobby. I wasnt going to bother contributing to this bitch-fest, but decided to post this comment after reading yours. 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!!! Plus the laundry list of side effects is mind boggling. How much does it pay? Oh, I dont get any money. Some of the crew had their name and job listed. There are no actual reporters anymore WHO TRULY FIND THE NEWS AND DEVELOP IT What burns me up the most are the small viewer days like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Same goes for all the shows. ASPCA LIES & grossly misleads in its ads. And for those of you willing to cross to the dark side, theres Kodi. What a shame that these greedy TV morons cant fix the aggravating problem. I never knew, for example, that insurance and animals were closely related. 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. Action must be taken for all these legitimate complaints. Agreed theres an app and drug for virtually everything. 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. The content lasting 15 seconds followed by 2.3 to 3.1 minutes of commercials. More than 1/3 of early voters were aged 65 and older. Find news videos and watch full episodes of World News Tonight With David Muir at ABCNews.com. I need ur help..what bis the standard rate of 2 minutes advertisement on TV and RADIO TNX.. Why is it that when the program Cheaters comes on at 4am each morning, they may limit their commercials to around 2 and then its back to the show. Thanks, Beth. Boycott Cable, even CNN, there is no other way they will learn. 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. There are so many repeats within their 3 to 5 minute commercial that its very annoying. 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! I named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. Every time I see that pillow commercial I yell out Take your pillow and shove it up your ass. 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. the average 1 hour show has 17-18 minutes of advertisements. Just stopped watching MSNBC. Picture that! WE ARE RETIRED, TV IS GETTING WORSE. You'll have 30+ channels including AMC, A&E, CNN, TBS, ESPN, TNT, and many other channels. 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. A sampling viewer should watch for 10 telltale tricks. And I thought it was just me. Totally agree, abc is out of control! Tell u folks Im a happy camper at 85!! 90% of funds go into execs pockets, almost NOTHING goes to benefit the cause the charity was created to help. World News Tonight averaged 9.6 million total viewers, a drop of 2% from 9.8 million in the first quarter a year earlier, a period marked by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and a. If you need news then use the internet, everyone has phones nowadays and most news channels will live stream free or you can catch the individual clips or read for a change. I watched an hour of ABC last evening and the 10 (count em) ads came on every 10 minutes! I would expect that advertisers will only throw so much support behind the rising costs of program licensing and production, so stations/networks need to increase sales opportunities in order to maintain (and/or grow) the return on investment. First I agree with you about David Muir. Now it is almost 50%. So many of us dvr and replay in order to skip over these interruptions. (+1) 202-419-4300 | Main FoxNews is one of the worse. 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. 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, And another thing: The ads to support runaways, starving children (in every country), children with deformed lips or limbs, St Judes cancer hospital, desks and education of children in Africa, and abandoned and/or abused animals all for just $12/month or $19/month or $29/month. I am struck by a number of things from your research. The next episode starts at 3:42PM and ends at 4:12PM. 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,. ~Ben Bless you and your formula for resisting consumer propaganda. Great, she said. Thats the demographic watching the news. So it's taken me about half an hour to 45 minutes longer than usual," Copeland said. 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. No more dying children and sad dogs shivering in the cold. (60 minutes of commercials per 3 hours allotted for a movie). Believe it or not, once you get used to being patient enough to wait for a series to run its course, its really not that hard to do. If Im interested in watching something, I simply wait for it to come out on dvd, and watch it that way. From the 60's to the 90's, the three major networks were, for the most part, the only source for national and international news. I know I am in the minority, but commercials have never bothered me. Then tell them to just mail the refund check to you and they can find that info on the page showing your cancellation as of today. I would think thats advertiser deception and probably prohibited by law. Youd have to be an idiot to buy something they have to advertise every 10 minutes i buy the stuff they dont advertise because it speaks for itself, We are developing an APP that allows you to prerecord any program less the commercials. 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!). These commercials are terrible for news programs because a viewer never gets to know anything about a story because of interruptions. In a one hour show, one is lucky to have 20 minutes of movie/tv show and 40 minutes of commercials. Some 1-hour shows averaged over 50 minutes w/o commercials. Before writing a major complaint , check your facts. One thing that Ive noticed over the last couple of years is that more and more cable networks are offsetting the start times for many shows. 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. They show a lot of old 80s and 90s sitcoms on Saturday and Sundays. They tease every single story at the top and some 3 or more times during the show. They are useless annoyances. MSNBC has a commercial break every thirty seconds now, and you are right, we are the mindless ones but I cant find an alternative. I sure have not!) I cant watch commercial tv anymore. Who can resist Martha cooking up something delicious.. If you think tv is that bad and dont like it that much then why dont you just stop watching it? 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. Commercials have been a bane of mine for quite some time. TvLand is the worst. The price for this great deal was only $49.00 a month. they are totally stupid, they encourage people to think they can drive like idiots with there cell phones stuck in there ear and cars sliding all over the place. The greed of TV networks has overrun our program viewing. "The increased number of commercials has translated to more money flowing into television. I would be curious to know if the reason for more and more commercials is that operating costs keep going up or if its going into profits for the cable companies and their executives. "It's crazy," said Westbrook, who started and had 17 points, 14 assists and seven turnovers in 39 minutes before fouling out with 1:49 remaining in the second overtime. I to, have never bought a prodect that has been adderverised. When Mika says coming up, I rapidly tap the 30 second jump botton 8 times (4 minutes and Im good. I subscribe to Sling for sports, but will be cutting that as well,in a day or two. I have learned to be very good at commercial cleaning. I can go the bathroom, make a sandwich, and finish it, and the commercials are still not over. Its horrible and disgusting. 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. In fact the entire ad biz irks me greatly. The date and time was selected to impact news coverage . It is totally stupid to waste money on commercials that are longer than Personally I DVR everything or will pause for 15-20 minutes and go do something then come back and fast scan past them. Can forget HGTV and a number of other stations. 13 to 14 minutes of commercials per hour!? 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. The trend is 4-6 minutes of show and 5 minutes of commercial.and on and on. It costs for good internet, but Im done with cable TV. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. 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. The number of commercials has increased to the point where its no longer possible to follow, no less watch Really!! Its all a matter of scheduling your day!!! It makes me think that they are banking off the ratings of the news as compared to the rest of their programming. snow in denver for the morning commute. Great observations, Jim. 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. Its past time to turn it off! Can sound incoherent. 2:22. Really, is that too much to ask? 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. time slot to show 1.5/1.75 hour movie . Even PBS has ads. They have become like mini-films, It does say something about our health, and our health care system, Your audit of commercials ranks up there with my counting bricks. I looked this up and wrote this while waiting for some actual news on CNN. I had to switch to Lester Holt, lol (and theyve got a full medicine cabinet too of drug ads.) Financially, advertiser expenditure for the news programs of the three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) has been steady in recent years. Everone should know how much their time is worth per hour. Either lower the amount of COMMERCIALS to no more than 25% or have them send your TV Bill to the Networks. And at ABC World News Tonight, it's been 81 minutes for Trump and. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. I mute all commercials, and if I do see an advertiser on way more than others, I never buy their product. Greed has no inhibitions. I can on occasion listen to radio shows and hear the news. 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! And many times, I wont bother to switch it back. "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir will have an exclusive interview with former Vice President Mike Pence. Jury deliberates on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial; Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 antiviral pill; Floods displace hundreds of families in Washington state. 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. Americans need to stand together and boycott certain channels on certain days to show our voice matters. According to Nielsen, advertisers spent $78 billion on TV commercials in 2013, compared to $64 billion in 2009. 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 . Now my rooms are clean, my laundry is ready to fold or hang during the next set of commercials. I get Amazon Prime free because Im a member (and use Amazon to order a lot of stuff). I share a Netflix account with my daughter and have recently subscribed to YouTubeTV for a fraction of what Comcast was charging. Once you begin enjoying some of their wide variety of comm free programming, you will actually want to support them as well. Shelters dont have enough supply to meet the demand. 13 commercials in a row on cbs channel 4 on Wednesday 10/13/21. 1995 Dollars. So 90 minute program equals to 70-75 minutes, and 2 hour program at 84-88 minutes. Fog late tonight, but a warm Sunday afternoon near 80 degrees. a win-win for the tv news business. Our obsession with money is at a disgusting level. End credits of tv shows were not interrupted by future shows. I was watching a 1951 episode of the Adventures of Superman..guess how long the actual run time was..28.50 minutes exactly. Virtually all of the commercials were in good taste, the one. I have a method to this madness, I watch these stations and flip during the commercials: ABC News, CNN News, and HLN News. I just complain to Direct TV.. but there all laughing at us. It is up to 60 minutes of commercials in a 90 minutes show on Comcast. 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. abbvie ceo richard gonzalez wife; how far is haddonfield, illinois from chicago Dear sirs, I m assuming by your beautifully scripted reply that I do not understand, I may have caused great offence. And we get more commercial ads then ever. I also pay for YouTube premium to avoid commercials. Its the same with the national news media. Ill record and speed thru commercials BUT!!! Better yet watch Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, or any of the other pay services. Perhaps there are also in-house commercials for the network pushing itself constantly. 4. That is why they advertise. I pay $90 a month for Satellite TV so I guess I am the crazy one. The only shows that should stick to the way they are now are anything live like award shows, sports, live talent shoes where the comercials are to by the performers time to get ready, ect. ABC News, anchored by Peter Jennings, regularly presented viewers with both news briefs and in-depth coverage of top events, ranging from human intere. The Sundance Channel allows me to do start-over and fast forward through the commercials. The IRS doesnt have commercials. Just to show you how much advertising length and frequency has Changed Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. My sense is that many cable news are more than 1/4th consisting of ads. this allows you to watch the program without commercials,,,,program is now 40 minutes rather than one hour. I watch Antenna TV network on the weekends, which is a non cable TV channel. I cannot tolerate one 5 second news story then 6-7 commercials; especially in the last half of a 28 minute news program. Week after week same thing its so stupid and the same ones over and over on the same Show! This is commercial insanity. AARP is as corrupt as the many lying charity pharma & lying AARP adsthe money AARP spends on its massive ad campaign is almost criminal! My first time here. I say that tv channels should air the comercials the same way radio station do it. I need to start watching shows that have ads for cool stuff like iPads and juggling equipment. Netflix and streaming services are a good option. 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. You could make your sandwich, and eat it.but if you wait too long, you will miss the three minutes of actual air time, and be back to the next set of commercials! Also, they lie to uplift, boost, and cover up the dirt of all Democrats and Joe Biden. Once they get your money they could give a fuck if you even exist (until the next bill is due)! I feel impressed with your thorough research. Great piece, Jim. The average audience for the four newsmagazine shows aired by the networks - ABC's 20/20, CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours, and NBC's Dateline - increased for each network about 10% in 2020, following a stable year for CBS and NBC in 2019 and a 21% increase for ABC in 2019. It's because either the networks or cable companies (or both) are so greedy. Before he goes back to sleeping on the job waiting for the emu to wake him, THEY WONT LISTEN TO REASON!!! Here in UK we get 3 minute add break every 12-15 minutes and on BBC, there are no adverts. I DVR a lot of what I watch. Last year I started to watch football games with the remote nearby or in my hand so I could mute all the commercials. The 16 to 18 commercials that followed were 15 to 75 seconds long and most of them were for health-care products and services. the news is in high overdrive right now, and the clients are capitalizing on this. Do the math,not worth watching unless you are hooked on commercials, not to mention prolific number of re runs. I am losing my freaking mind over the repetition of commercials constantly being unloaded on us. Call your TV provider and tell them they have a choice. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. I love how you broke all this down. I realize that someone has to pay for the freight so why not charge more for commercial time and have fewer of them? You show you have no respect for your customers. 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