1952 (Dragnet): 13% commercials
1977 (MASH): 18%
1994 (Frasier): 24%
2001 (Frasier): 30%
2015 (Shark Tank): 30%
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Posted for those who are curious about such things, and for those who are looking for a break from politics.
I use to tune in to the “Sean Hannity Show” on occasion. It is unlistenable now. There will be his opening monologue of 15 minutes or so, then a 10 minute commercial, then a quick “stay tuned” from Sean Hannity, then 20 more minutes of commercials.
As much as I hate the liberal leanings of Amazon I do enjoy Prime TV. I threw out my TV a decade ago and haven’t missed it once.
...which is why TV has not been welcomed into our home for almost 8 years now, that, and the fact that the high cost goes mostly to support the agendas of those with whom I disagree.
interesting contrast: my commercial-laden TV viewing has dropped to 0%.
Generally, network programs of one hour will have twenty minutes of commercials. 33%
What I see on cable a lot is low commercial load for the first half hour to get you hooked on the show, then high load for the next hour or more. Having a DVR, though, means not having to watch many commercials.
“We all accept commercials as a necessary evil because they pay for the TV shows we watch.”
And then cable TeeVee came out. No commercials because it was pay TeeVee.
Dumped my television years ago. Commercials played a fairly big part in that decision.
TV is completely unwatchable—with all the commercials. You get 19 minutes of programming and 11 minutes of ads. No can do.
Even Fox News is ridiculous. I don’t even bother with it for this and other reasons.
Remember back in olden times, when they told us that “cable TV” was supposed to give us commercial-free entertainment?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
The average commercial has increased from 15 seconds to 2 minutes so that when you fast forward you end up seeing one full 15 second commercial.
AND, the worst part of all that time in those commercials is this: there are rarely any shots lasting more than one second! - due to the proven short attention span of those who grew up with TV, movies and video games as a primary influence.......
I silence all commercials, leave the room.
Or, record the news, watch it just 10 - 15 min. later, FForward through the commercials.....
without commercials I have peace and sanity.
When watching regular TV, during a commercial I can take a shower, dress, grab me a cup of coffee and get back just as the program resumes.
Considering the quality of the drivel on TV these days, we should probably be thankful.
What is “TV”? Get all my stuff from the net.
Sort of like the GOPe just can't figure out why voters are angry . . .
I typically watch two shows at a time. I’ve been able to time it pretty well.
However, it has become quite ridiculous lately.
I have noticed that some of the cable channels are slotting 2 hour (or shorter) movies into 3 hour slots. A solid hour of commercials for two hours of entertainment. (and that doesn’t include any snips or compression.) I generally can’t make it to the end of those movies. I’ve channel flipped and gone on to something else during one of the breaks, or wandered back to the computer and gone online to do something else.
Yes, I could DVR it (on the tiny Verizon supplied DVR) and fast forward through the commercials - that’s what I usually do with a football game - but it generally isn’t worth the effort.
The guy who is going to be a brilliant business success is the guy who figures out show sponsorship. Like the old Death Valley Days. Folks might actually watch the whole show. Instead, they just cram in more commercials for a shrinking audience.
Hey, network execs - put down the cocaine, and use what’s left of your brain.
ZERO!!
That's why brilliant minds created Amazon, Roku, Apple TV, Netflix, and Torrent.
I'm happy to pay a bit more to never, ever see another commercial (except during the Super Bowl).
My time is too valuable to watch content on the "free" channels that can have as much as 20 minutes of commercials ever hour.
I’ve also noticed lately is the “sandwich” that the Discovery Channel seems to do on it’s more popular shows.
They’ll have commercials, then a 1-2 minutes of filler material from the show you are watching, then another round of commercials.
All in all why I never watch live TV. If I don’t record it so I can skip through commercials, don’t watch it.
If there is something I want to watch on TV, I record it and then fast forward through the commercials. There are things I would never watch if I could not do that.