Content may be bad, but presentation is even worse. I was trying to watch some TV this afternoon (I usually spend time on the computer, but wanted to take a break), and it was almost all commercials.
One used to be able to flip between two or three channels and keep up with the stories, but now it’s just flipping from one commercial to another. TCM is the only one that seems to be still watchable.
I think I lasted about 10 minutes.
Advertisers are idiots for buying the time, and the programmers are idiots in how they structure the programming.
I'm able to DVR the programs I want, and skip forward past the commercials. I have a button which I can set to skip forward 30 seconds, and I have the "skip back" button set to 10 seconds. Knowing that commercial breaks are generally 3:30, I just hit the button 7 times when the commercials start.
“TCM is the only one that seems to be still watchable.”
I love TCM but it’s become an extremely rare occasion something worth while comes on that I haven’t seen many times before.
The only reason directTV is still connected is the wife would divorce me if she couldn’t watch her shows.
Remember when there was 3 commercials between programs?