January 25, 2022. Im sorry if you thought that, but that was not my intention. We were happier without the darn crap on TV anyhow. 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. When Mika says coming up, I rapidly tap the 30 second jump botton 8 times (4 minutes and Im good. Cut the cable, put up an antenna, and add a streaming service. MSNBC unwatchable. Abc world news commercials. Its a classic pull strategy, and it seems like drug prices are always going up. And the best part is. I wasnt going to bother contributing to this bitch-fest, but decided to post this comment after reading yours. you may all hate the commercials, but it is what pays for the programs you watch. In other words, they expand the viewing time by almost half for your commercial enjoyment. Ive noticed that people present their beliefs, get attacked, and then the attackers get offended when someone says anything like What are you 13 years old?. The news started at 6:30 and was finished at 6:59. 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. Its time to switch..thank you for your research, I was about to do similar tracking, but it wouldnt have been nearly as meticulous as yours! So many of us dvr and replay in order to skip over these interruptions. But I am finished paying for commercials. Thats every hour! MARTIN SMITH: [ voice-over ] In the summer of 2007, America's coal companies, railroads and utilities launched . Flo has some great commercials; I did not know that about Bigfoot! Once you begin enjoying some of their wide variety of comm free programming, you will actually want to support them as well. It is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 2 million more . Why dont they take the billions of $$$ blown on frivolous advertising, lower their rates accordingly and maybe save their customers some real money ? in a few more years the television industry with pass into history. The 16 to 18 commercials that followed were 15 to 75 seconds long and most of them were for health-care products and services. Cut. It is merely a place for the broadcasters to offer an opinion or guests who push them or the show SO THAT THEY GET PAID. But the real problem is advertisements ,yes Its big money for someone So just what does Of the 13 commercials, 9 were health-related and featured the following pharmaceutical and over the counter products: Rinvoq for rheumatoid arthritis, Entyvio for Crohns and ulcerative colitis, Otezla for psoriasis, Eliquis for a-fib, Dulcolax for constipation, Aspercreme for aches and pains, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes. .more .more 3 years ago 79K views 5 years ago 2. Oh, and lets not forget when Martin Savage was run into the ground OVER and OVER again with the guy in the mock-up cockpit of a Boeing 767 to make news stories well after the fact when the airplane went down in the Indian Ocean. I havent watched commercials in years, since TIVO came out. I never realised how much utter nonsense was on tv. 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 agree with all that is being said. if the public hated the show, the sponsor was screwed. Our days now dont have enough hours in them. 38 minutes before ABC news broke the story about Epstein's death it was already being reported on the infamous website 4chan.After learning of the post a review was conducted by the FDNY and they concluded none of their employees were behind the post on 4chan.9 months later and the mystery of who made that post is still alive and well.On . ABC World News Tonight provides viewers the latest news and analysis of major events from around the . If half of the time is news would be it. I get Amazon Prime free because Im a member (and use Amazon to order a lot of stuff). Manipulative political porn. Thank you for this I agree 100%. 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! When i reminder her that it was live TV she went to bed. I hate commercials so much. shows were paying for. How to really enjoy CNN as a male news junkie. Gone are adverts for restaurant chains, holidays, airways and now we have health insurance and all other insurances and banks. ASPCA LIES & grossly misleads in its ads. Ahead of Election Day, a record 244,000 early vote were cast. Mind numbing, not to mention Butt numbing, broaden your horizons, get a hobby. The. And when you watch a sitcom its worse by the time the show comes back you forgot where they left off. Within a one hour show, there were 41 commercials Makes me glad I have a PVR so I can fast forward them. Do the math,not worth watching unless you are hooked on commercials, not to mention prolific number of re runs. over the years its got worse, now I watch PBS for the majority of my shows. UNTIL, we Boycott TV all together. It does absolutely NO GOOD to gripe about TV ads on forums like this one. Many times the broadcasters are presenting it in a way that helps them to persuade viewers. Stay up to date on US and world news or catch up on the latest in politics, weather, health, business, and more from America's #1 news source. All these advertising scumbags should have razor cuts all over their bodies then drenched in alcohol. Commercials have been a bane of mine for quite some time. you PAY for cable and they still hit you with a shitload of commercials every 7 minutes. I know Im in the minority; I actually dont mind the commercials, unless Im in a hurry to get through a show weve recorded. I was watching a 1951 episode of the Adventures of Superman..guess how long the actual run time was..28.50 minutes exactly. Doesnt seem that way anymore!!! Sorry, but no. As yet they have not choreographed their commercials to run concurrently which I find to be a blessing. This allows us to fast forward through the ads. Happily married for 40-plus years, three wonderful sons. So now I stream ad-free movies and shows for far less money, and am much more satisfied for it. Commercials are included. One more thing I noticed was the posts tend to be written by older people, mostly women. Dont they realize theyre alienating their customer base? 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. m. The real concern for American citizens is the lack of FCC and State Commerce agency oversight . It is true that he advertising pays for the program. Early TV credits had me scratching my head. 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. 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. 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. Thanks for listening. And we get more commercial ads then ever. 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. On the other network with the normal start and end times, Ive noticed scenes from the show that were chopped out in order to insert more commercials! Our local SF Bay Area news programs are horrid. and all of it due to GREED/their need to make as much money as possible!!!!!!!!! The series, along with Jeopardy!, had to halt production due to the coronavirus. I am sick and tired of wasting my time and paying for adds on TV. PrettyWell. I remember as a kid when people came to the door asking my parents if they would be interested in cable and they explained all the benefits. Satelite tv never came thru with their promise. The next commercial is in four minutes; I set up my vacuum and pick up newspapers and shoes that are cluttering the floor. I do not have a DVR or any way of recording..just a normal size t.v. Just finished watching the newest Bates Motel even though i recorded and was skipping commercials I was baffled at how many times i had to hit the 30 second skip. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. I was watching a show the other night and decided to count the commercials.. I cut the cord a year ago, in part because of the commercial load. Helen -you are ingenious! She at Shaw told me it was mailed June 01,2021, I never opened it because I got a notice on my computer over due, That is a insult to me .Thank You in Advance ,But we both know the outcome. Anyway, all these ads are expensive. And Im curious how much ABC news charges for a one-minute commercial maybe something for me to do today! Really!! Even sports broadcasts are unwatchable due to the sheer volume of ads shoved at the viewer. 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!! An entirely new business model is needed for TV. But the mere frequency and length of the advert breaks makes the channel unwatchable. I recently got a flyer from a cable company offering some big deal special and when I looked at the channels offered there were only 3 that I would have even considered watching. 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.. DVR or renting a movie is the best option time-wise. ABC David Muir News last 16 minutes 75% commercials Keep fast forward handy !!! Yes. According to Nielsen, advertisers spent $78 billion on TV commercials in 2013, compared to $64 billion in 2009. The commercials FINALLY ended! law enforcement swarming the suspect's home where he lived with his father, who is cooperating with investigators. For more news updates, . Why are we one of them? 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. This situation has grown steadily worse every month and year. Thats the reason I i am a fan of streaming , I also like streaming, but I have to admit, and I know I am in the minority here, I actually enjoy watching some commercials. The weather man needs to slow down when speaking. 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. Start up your car and wait until the ice melts off of all wind shields. Want to know why you get maybe 20 minutes of news and tons of advertising? When respectable visit your local tattooist. Too bad great show, couldnt wait for season 2, wont be watching it on ABC. a good 300 here ,but some not opened I always liked to watch internet movies 1995 Dollars. The other two health-related commercials featured an ad from Merck encouraging adolescents to get an HPV vaccination, and an ad from the American Red Cross encouraging people to donate blood. They should pay us to watch their commercials! what cat we do to stop it! I am sorry if I have caused any offence. The irony is that consumer based propaganda (ads) helps sell the political propaganda that frequently masquerades as news. 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. If Im interested in watching something, I simply wait for it to come out on dvd, and watch it that way. 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!!! Once, I timed a 30-minute local newscast: 12 minutes of commercials!! there is way to many commerices on GH NOT ENOUGH OF THE SOAP SHOW I BEEN WATCHING THIS SOAP SINCE IT STARTED ON TV A LONG TIME LOUISE I WANT TO SEE IT ON FOR 2 HOURS EVERY DAY LESS COMMERICES AND LIKE TO SEE THEM ALL SING OUT THE SHOW THAT WAS SO GREAT AND WANT TO SEE LUKE BACK AND SCORPIE BACK THANKYOU. About 25-30% of the tv show is not what we want to see. They have like 25 minutes of commercials and 5 minutes of programming. I, agree with all these other vewers about commercials being out of control. You can connect with ABC on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. I doubt if anyone will read this.. ABCs evening news will rush through their stories to give you the pharmaceutical commercials which are longer than any story segment. Last year, the average was 15 minutes and 38 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 27 seconds in 2009, according to the report. They are useless annoyances. "I don't know if I've ever . the second half is tough to watch; it must be 70% commercials. What will it accomplish? The total time spent on previewing the story ends up being just as long as the story itself. Senators/Representatives? I have kept it for my husband, who loves sports. For many cruise passengers, bars play a pretty large role in their . Tell u folks Im a happy camper at 85!! Read all Creator Roone Arledge Stars Diane Sawyer David Muir I muted, changed channels, recorded and skipped the commercials (which, according to one network dipstick exec, is copyright infringement) which helped somewhat . Its terrible. In the past month, I have actually enjoyed only 3 commercials out of hundreds. 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. I sure have not!) MY GOOD GOD so much time is wasted on non-programs, the very programs we PAY to watch. your lives will come back. However, we did Cut The Cable and revert to Digital antennae, Or Free TV, or Poor TV, as we call it LOL. David Muirs nightly news at 6:30 is absolutely THE WORST when it comes to commercials. Maybe we are all that old and broken down! 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. I dont watch regular television any more, not one damn show. I cannot stand watching the news anymore. Day before I dropped cable counted 18 stations playing same show all day long. I named the Terracotta Army as a Tattoo choice because of its grand complexity. You really do like numbers and that is good that there are people like you! Thank goodness for tv remote mute button! I do stream Netflix and Hulu along with Amazon as I have a Prime membership. Now my rooms are clean, my laundry is ready to fold or hang during the next set of commercials. Those drug commercials are eye-opening. The constant commercials are just plain annoying. Tonight I timed the last 15 minutes of the ABC nightly news. The End Is Near for Free TV. 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. Just stopped watching MSNBC. Im just waiting until wireless internet gets up to speed and bye-bye Comcast altogether. That comes out to be 1 ad every minute of the show. We all shop for these products, so why hit us with all the same ads? Its because Disney owns all the channels. End credits of tv shows were not interrupted by future shows. 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. 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 listen to MSNBC at home and those same commercials whenever I have it on. 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. I seem to recall that Saint Ronald Reagan deregulated, along with much else, the maximum commercial time on television. ASPCA LIES. Or at least a large percentage of the equity. Once the gurus get their hands on your money the grip never loosens. They dont see people they see $ sign, Online streaming services surpassed television. He further said out of ten heavily advertised drugs four to five would cause major medical issues and the company would more than likely know they were a problem drug, hide the data and sell it anyway. The other episodes were of comparable length. You need to have the dislike of commercials force you to stop watching? Best thing we ever did. the average 1 hour show has 17-18 minutes of advertisements. 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. Anthony Albanese has set up a class war fight with Peter Dutton over superannuation after breaking an election promise and doubling tax rates for 80,000 Australians with nest eggs above $3m. Happy profits and goodbye! r uou with me on this ??? Im pretty much done with that. 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 . 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. 9 commercials in a row on KMGH channel 9 on Wednesday, 10/13/21, Why? Then Comcast will be forced once again to treat their customers with respect as they used to. Get the latest news stories and headlines from around the world. 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. Either something almost happened but was averted, or the event amounted to local . 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