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. This is commercial insanity. Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. by Alexander Pope. Ready to go back to broadcast TV. Just finished the second episode of American Crime on ABC, I counted at least 6 minutes of commercials 4 times at least, possibly 5. I mute all commercials, and if I do see an advertiser on way more than others, I never buy their product. NetFlix/Hulu/Etc are it. I pay $90 a month for Satellite TV so I guess I am the crazy one. I find that I start to worry about myself if I watch daytime tv, which seems to be full of ads for aids to daily living I must be getting old! If you watch a movie look up how long the movie is then look on the cable listing on how long its time slot is and youll see that up to 35% of the time is commercials not worth watching it really is getting bad. 25 states from colorado to maine on alert. Here's how to get the most out of Royal Caribbean's Deluxe Beverage Package (or Prime Casino Royale free drinks in the casino). my money pay for ?My last Shaw Bill took 21 days to get to my Mail box. And when you watch a sitcom its worse by the time the show comes back you forgot where they left off. They are spending billions on ads, money that they take from customers, for in many cases REQUIRED BY LAW that people purchase. account for about 50% of all commercials. 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. The number of commercials has increased to the point where its no longer possible to follow, no less watch 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. They show more and more commercials, I watch less and less TV. 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. I say that tv channels should air the comercials the same way radio station do it. They play on average 16 to 18 commercials per spot, and there are usually 5 spots per one half hour show. Call your TV provider and tell them they have a choice. 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. Thanks, Beth. Other platforms are simply waiting for their popularity to gain momentum before they make big changes. 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. Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax Freedom from commercials was the carrot they offered to switch from broadcast tv cable tv . You just came back from commercial 20 seconds ago! That is why they advertise. This is in Canada using telus. The statistic presents the average ad time per hour of primetime national TV on cable network groups in the United States in first quarter of 2019. Thanks for an interesting read. thats for sure. MARTIN SMITH: [ voice-over ] In the summer of 2007, America's coal companies, railroads and utilities launched . The rates go up, service goes down. You have validated many of my own suspicions. CNN has gone totally political now, with the anchors boasting their ideas-not the publics. This forum has no authority over TV stations, nor their advertisers. TV and if I see a commercial promoting anything, I dont buy that product. Agreed theres an app and drug for virtually everything. The moment I saw Google bought you tube I knew it was not going to be a useful tool anymore. 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. 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 comments posted here, if they were put in written letter form (NOT emails), properly addressed to the FCC would certainly approach the desired effect of annoying the person responsible for reading and respondong to each of them. Thats why the only way we watch TV is to DVR the shows and fast forward through the commercials. But I am glad you reminded me about the brick-counting Ive got to get back to that , Havevat it. Medicare Advantage, Sling TV are you ready now?, The greed of TV networks has overrun our program viewing. They dont see people they see $ sign, Online streaming services surpassed television. Im sure both the ads and the shows such cool stuff would be associated arent nearly as depressing as the news and its commercials. Ill copy and save it and try again if it does. Last year I pretty much gave up on TV. .more .more 3 years ago 79K views 5 years ago 2. 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. I remember when cable was just supposed to be for reception and commercial free channels! i stopped watching tv for over two years now and havent missed it at all !!!!!!!!! There must be a better solution if they want to keep any viewers. Disgusting! the second half is tough to watch; it must be 70% commercials. Thats why I have a dozen old remotes with worn out mute buttons. pharmaceutical, insurance and automobile are the worst With pharmaceutical being number one. in contrast, just look at the printed news, a shadow of its former self, all due to loss of ad revenue having moved to an online format, and lack of volume of people who read a real paper anymore, other than a demo of mostly oldies like myself. Am I pleased that I download my viewing.. What a joke $$$$ all that money spent and these idiots , that is all you can do? The cable or sattlelite networks thinks that no one will ever do anything significant for them to worry. Its past time to turn it off! (This data reflects Kantars estimates of the amount of money paid by advertisers, rather than the amount of revenue actually earned by networks.). a win-win for the tv news business. 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. Still, I am paying good money for this bull-help is very much needed! We will only have just so many days, so many hours and only so many minutes. When Mika says coming up, I rapidly tap the 30 second jump botton 8 times (4 minutes and Im good. a marketing resource.. Thats the demographic watching the news. I have never switched products on the word of some paid celebrity. But the thing that I cant understand is the fact that customers think that posting their complaints will actually have any impact on anything. Maybe we are all that old and broken down! According to Nielsen, advertisers spent $78 billion on TV commercials in 2013, compared to $64 billion in 2009. 41. r/NoStupidQuestions. I either watch DVDs or stream commercial free from Netflix or Hulu. If you arent watching their every move they takes advantage of you. Especially with a Republican majority in Congress, the party that would eliminate all regulation. I was watching a show the other night and decided to count the commercials.. So cable gets paid from us and through commercials, and nobody is getting off cheap! Now its mainly Pawn Stars and other such rubbish. I cant recommend it highly enough. Theres a far better world in Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. DVRing and then replaying shows has the same effect as if all watching viewed the commercials. I understand we need them (or at least the stations do), But 41 in an hour.. Thats pathetic.. [email protected] r uou with me on this ??? I simply cant sit through a half hour sitcom for example, and watch 10-11 minutes of commercials. Watch live streaming events from ABC News Live. In some cases they play the same commercials several times in one spot. GET A GRIP ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS AND TV CHANNELSWE DO NOT WANT TO SEE SO DARN MANY COMMERCIALSPERIOD! I rarely watch TV now because frankly, its far too damned annoying. I also use the mute button but, Im tired of that as well. View all posts by Jim Borden. 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 . Commercial 1 17:35-18:35 Rinvoq for rheumatoid arthritis, commercial 3 19:05-19:35 Merck for HPV vaccination, commercial 4 20:40-21:40 Entyvio for Crohns ulcerative colitis, commercial 5 21:40-22:10 American Red Cross for blood donation, commercial 6 22:10-23:10 Otezla for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, commercial 7 23:10-23:30 Celebrity Family Feud and Press Your Luck, commercial 8 24:15-25:15 Eliquis for afib, commercial 9 25:15-25:35 Dulcolax for constipation, commercial 11 26:05-26:15 Aspercreme for aches and pains, commercial 12 26:15-27:15 Trulicity for type 2 diabetes, commercial 13 27:15 to 27:35 The Bachelor, A 60-something guy trying to figure out the world, and his place in it. with no gadgets. Its funny that it is that obvious to an outsider. next here, the major storm on the move tonight. End credits of tv shows were not interrupted by future shows. Abc world news commercials. I do not have a DVR, but I do have start-over with my cable box. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. REMEMBER THIS IS THE UNITED MESSAGE THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM US OR SEE ON ANY OF THESE COMPLAINT BLOGS. Yes, I have to agree with you. And then they tack on equipment rental and a laundry list of other fees. Manipulative political porn. 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. 3- I would imagine buying a new TV will not be a priority for most people. But now I always have my remote in my hand. I DVR a lot of what I watch. Guess I need to look for another news source. The most aggravating offender was when I had Hulu, which produces their own really stupid ads and then charges you if you want an ad-free subscription add-on (which only eliminates their ads). And I watched it for a while, just to see that it was STILL cut all to hell to add yet more commercials. Comcast has a new dirty trick. 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. On a different note, the channels with ads bunched them together at the 15 minute mark, so you could plan your day better. Thanks, Michael, for adding your insights. My major complaint was the amount of commercial time versus news time. How can any cable station, network or advertiser think that this approach will result in more sales? 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!!! I do stream Netflix and Hulu along with Amazon as I have a Prime membership. 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. To whom should we forward our requests for relief from excessive TV advertising? Even sports broadcasts are unwatchable due to the sheer volume of ads shoved at the viewer. So interesting! In the old days (mid 60s) it used to be around 6 minutes per half hour and about 11 minutes per hour. I am a senior who is furious with the many. time slot to show 1.5/1.75 hour movie . 9 commercials in a row on KMGH channel 9 on Wednesday, 10/13/21, Why? 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. 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, Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. Yes. The three networks advertiser expenditures for the morning news programs each remained steady in 2020, though CBS and NBC saw increases in 2019 (12% and 7%, respectively). 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. Upon your return you should have a decent amount of news with the ability fast forward through all the adds and guff this news opperater wishes to chuck at you..Nuff said. I am sick and tired of wasting my time and paying for adds on TV. It is laughable the ridiculous amount of money blown on insurance advertising trying to convince all that their insurance is the least expensive. Broadcast networks averaged 13 minutes and 25 seconds of commercial time per hour in 2009, which grew to 14 minutes and 15 seconds in 2013, the story reports. Last thought, although I continue to be heterosexual, if I ever decided to change teams, it would be because of David Muir. It is not. Also, the programs would end at the actual time instead of on the hour. (+1) 202-419-4300 | Main The commercial breaks are like every 5 minutes! Ive noticed the same thing with the teasers; it seems like a good five minutes of the news is talking about whats coming up later in the show. 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. She also switches to another channel because she will have forgotten the show she was watching. As soon as a commercial comes on, most of which are about side effects from prescription medicine, I mute it and catch up on my reading or do small chores. Its been WAY out of control for far too long. jim, your logs and stats are to be admired. 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. Gone are adverts for restaurant chains, holidays, airways and now we have health insurance and all other insurances and banks. You trying to blind us? ASPCA LIES. 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! Airing during the early morning hours each Monday through Friday, the program features a mix of general news and off-beat stories, along with weather forecasts, sports highlights, feature segments, and repurposed segments and story packages from other ABC News programs; its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous. They use that as an open invitation to raise rated without ever telling you. I have kept it for my husband, who loves sports. a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies I luv ABC & David Muir so never considered changing channels and presume NBC & CBS do the same thing. This allows us to fast forward through the ads. here is one of several. We all shop for these products, so why hit us with all the same ads? So it got too expensive for advertisers. Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! Took about a month, but it really did work. (Average audience is defined as the average number of TVs tuned to a program throughout a time period.). 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. That is why I have gone to Netflix and antenna TV only I know other people will continue watching the cable and Dish and all the other ways out there. Now you need a box so Comcast and like companies can not only control content but quality and up-charge for both. Youre dumb. Greed has no inhibitions. Ever since the :betamax, technology has only gotten better. Its ridiculous that the amount of ads/commercials that continue to explode. I usually always watch two shows at once , and sometimes itll be three , so when Commercials come on one I flip to the other. 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. More than 1/3 of early voters were aged 65 and older. The FCC has COMPLETE and TOTAL authority over them, so which do you think would be more effective at handling your complaints? I too get annoyed by commercials on cable tv. Its outrageous! . The news started at 6:30 and was finished at 6:59. 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. So far, its coming along great ! . THERE IS A SOLUTION SUPPORT AND WATCH PBS! I dont pay much attention to commercials but if it wasnt for Progressives Flo, I wouldnt know that Bigfoots name is Darryl. Yes I remember all this BS so clearly when they wanted to get cable introduced into our small town. I have just finished reading all of the comments above and not a single person is wrong! Thanks for PBS and thanks for recordings. 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. When an ad came on my wife looked at me to fast forward through the commercial. How much does it pay? Oh, I dont get any money. Start hitting them where it hurts the most, in the pocketbook. Many of them require additional paid subscriptions. Netflix & Acorn as my streaming shows. Accounting teacher, fitness enthusiast, blogger, reader. I wondering how much of the show Im really seeing. We were happier without the darn crap on TV anyhow. I watch Antenna TV network on the weekends, which is a non cable TV channel. See ya, I have to take a 20 minute commercial break! We the public get it. The commercials FINALLY ended! How much of your future retirement money are you willingly giving to advertisers? 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. I suppose it depends on what kind of sandwich youre making. Stream ABC World News Tonight Episodes on Sling TV Sling TV Orange is $20/month. I truly believe that Yellowstone episodes have the least amount of actual programming. 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 .

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