The other day when I was visiting my mom she was watching One Life to Live on ABC. It seems like they were constantly doing commercial breaks. It seemed they do about 4 or 5 mins of show content and then go to a commercial break for a few minutes. Then come back and do another 4 or 5 minutes of show content and do another break. - Is every show on ABC like this? It's crazy.
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Commercial Breaks on ABC
- Thread starter MarcB
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I hate it when people watch tv while I'm visiting them.
So I try to not watch the commercial breaks while they're watching tv while I'm visiting them.
So I try to not watch the commercial breaks while they're watching tv while I'm visiting them.
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FreddyE1977
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The only show I watch on ABC with any regularity is The Middle, and yes,
it does seem to me that there is only about 16 minutes worth of program content
around all of the ad breaks.
it does seem to me that there is only about 16 minutes worth of program content
around all of the ad breaks.
Daytime programming is roughly 36-38 minutes of content per hour. Prime Time Network is generally 42-44 minutes. Basic cable channels seem to edge closer to 40 minutes or less. You can see actual program lengths when you watch online/hulu/website
As others have noted, a DVR, heck a $7.99 VCR @Goodwill, is your friend. I don't think I have watched a program live since the 1990s. Even with sporting events, just start watching 30-45 minutes after start-time, and you finish up either watching the end live or maybe on 3-5 minute delay.
As others have noted, a DVR, heck a $7.99 VCR @Goodwill, is your friend. I don't think I have watched a program live since the 1990s. Even with sporting events, just start watching 30-45 minutes after start-time, and you finish up either watching the end live or maybe on 3-5 minute delay.
SanDiegoInExile said:
Same here. I 'DVR' about 90% of what I watch. I generally time-shift shows for my convenience, but even when I'm watching live, like at 8:00 PM, I simply do something else until about 8:10 - then start the show and skip the commercials.
WARNING to fellow DVR addicts - Comcast On-Demand for both ABC and Fox have now disabled fast-forward, forcing you to watch the commercials. If the other networks follow, and the technology can somehow be applied to DVRs - we are all screwed. I may stop watching TV altogether. After 5 years of DVRing, I find watching live TV's current high commercial-load almost intolerable.
I have noticed, ABC in particular, employing the technique of shorter breaks but more of them. If that makes sense. Some focus group must have shown that it's better than fewer, but longer breaks.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Pay-Per-View? Different thing.Mark said:
At least with Comcast, there is no additional charge for On Demand. Of course, you won't have access to On Demand for the premiums services unless you pay for them. For instance, I pay for HBO, so HBO On Demand is available to me, but not Showtime On Demand, because I don't pay for Showtime. But I believe even basic cable packages will have On Demand for basic cable and network stations - CBS, NBC, USA, FX, etc.
Mark said:
DVR ==> you can fast-forward through anything
On-Demand ==> fast-forward usage depends on the content provider (NOT the cable provider). By the way, the content provider makes the vast majority of the revenue. The cable provider pays them for every viewing and makes a commission on them (15-20%).
Lkeller said:
Same way with Bright House -- you only get the On Demand channels for the regular channels you subscribe to, plus a few extra that are exclusively On Demand. As for the premium channels, on Bright House, their On Demand channels are only available if you subscribe to that premium channel AND pay an extra fee per month.
formeraa said:
As for commercials on the networks' On Demand channels, I understand there aren't as many of those, as opposed to the traditional channels, correct?
azumanga said:
Generally, that's correct. The commercial breaks are shorter, and the commercials are different. On ABC On Demand, almost all "ads" are trailers for ABC shows, and they tend to run one or two over and over again. It would be less monotonous if they ran other trailers.
I've watched Bones on Fox On Demand a couple of times. If you watch it a day or two after the original airing, you get all the original commercials, plus the previews for House ("coming up next") which followed the original airing. But if you watch a few days later, the original commercials have been replaced by ads almost exclusively for law firms that are suing pharmaceutical companies, and are looking for clients who have been injured by one drug or another. Kind of weird...
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