[Hardastarboard]

I'm calling BULLSH!T OUT LOUD. I literally cannot watch TV for the commercials. They are so frequent, with so little program between them, that I just give up in frustration and read. The "stand alone" episode of "24" last weekend was especially grievous. It was five minutes of programming followed by three minutes of commercials.

The @$$holes in the broadcast media run commercials that total up to nearly twenty five minutes of every broadcast hour. They did everything they could to get 0bama elected. They're selling commemorative plates and DVD's of his campaign, and now they want him bail them out?

Not just no; HELL NO!!

[STONEWALLS]

” It was five minutes of programming followed by three minutes of commercials.”

....Yep, and it’s getting worse....last year during March Madness the basketball games were four minutes of play and a three minute commercial timeout(six 30 sec. spots in a row)....one of the coaches commented that the game is now coached in 4 minute increments.

[RJL]

It was five minutes of programming followed by three minutes of commercials.

And all too often they also flash network promo's at the bottom of the screen when you're trying to watch the five minutes of programming.