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tv commercials

Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:52:07 GMT

Does anyone find TV commercials as annoying as we do? How do you react to them and how can we deal with them? Is it just us or arethere more commercials per hour than in the past?

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shaggygirl — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:59:31 GMT

I get around many of them by DVRing the majority of my favorite shows and then fast forwarding thru the ads. I'm particularly hating the Farmer's Insurance ads, especially the one with the truck on the roof.....the eyes on the boy in that one make him look demented.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:05:40 GMT

There are a lot of them. What really bothers me is when they break into a program every 3 minutes and we are forced to watch the same string of commercials over and over and over again. I just hit my mute button so I don't have to hear them.

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ValuSkr — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:15:05 GMT

The commercials that are wearing on me at the moment are Xfinity with Amy Poehler. They're inescapable - both radio and TV. Amy is supposed to be funny but instead is stupid and annoying. Is that her intended persona?

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rms1954 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:19:37 GMT

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Foxxee — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:25:15 GMT

I remember cable companies promised no commercials because we paid for our viewing. What happened?

Yes, TV is overloaded with ads and so much longer than before. Now they show 4-5 ads at a clip. Companies are wasting their time on me because I tune out or get up and do something else until regular programming returns.

Like most ads with animals, but many others are downright annoying.

Channels show their ads at the same time, so changing channels doesn't work unless it's to a shopping or one of the move channels that don't use them.

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Kitlynn — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:03:20 GMT

Yes and more than half the air time a show is on consist of commercials. So we record everything and then fast forward through all of the commercials. I understand why they have commercials as that is what pays for the shows to be on the air. However I don't think it is necessary to have between ten and twelve commercials on every break.

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Patriot3 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:11:37 GMT

@Kitlynn wrote:
Yes and more than half the air time a show is on consist of commercials. So we record everything and then fast forward through all of the commercials. I understand why they have commercials as that is what pays for the shows to be on the air. However I don't think it is necessary to have between ten and twelve commercials on every break.

I know, and have you ever timed those commercials. A lot of them are 10, 15, 20 and 30 sec because of the cost of them. That's why there are so many at a time. So disgusting when they need to have 4-5 minutes of commercials at a time. I mute a lot

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Suzeecat — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:22:49 GMT

I mostly watch from my DVR and Xfinity has come up with a nifty new feature that automatically starts the show again when I fast forward and the commercials are over - brilliant!

However, the commercials still drive me up the wall in the morning when I have the news on in the background while I'm getting ready for work - to catch weather and traffic updates.

There's a local car dealer that is so irritating that I've considered calling them and telling them that I WILL NEVER BUY A CAR FROM THEM AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO YELL AT ME THROUGH MY TV! There's another commercial for an attorney where a woman says "MIKE MADE 'EM PAY" so much louder than the rest of the commercial, it still startles me because it sounds like the lady is right in the room! What a way to start my day!

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grandma petes — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:22:50 GMT

Commercials are absolutely annoying. Some more than others. The Liberty Mutual with the Emu....endless ads for yet another drug....the Class Action Lawsuits....Medicare...Reverse Mortgage....Cell Phone Companies....so, I DVR my favorite shows to watch later when I can fast forward through the commercials.

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Puppy Lips — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:28:26 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
I get around many of them by DVRing the majority of my favorite shows and then fast forwarding thru the ads. I'm particularly hating the Farmer's Insurance ads, especially the one with the truck on the roof.....the eyes on the boy in that one make him look demented.

@shaggygirl I agree that the boys looks a bit odd. He also is on the soap opera General Hospital.

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DJs mom — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:54:07 GMT

@Suzeecat wrote:
I mostly watch from my DVR and Xfinity has come up with a nifty new feature that automatically starts the show again when I fast forward and the commercials are over - brilliant!

However, the commercials still drive me up the wall in the morning when I have the news on in the background while I'm getting ready for work - to catch weather and traffic updates.

There's a local car dealer that is so irritating that I've considered calling them and telling them that I WILL NEVER BUY A CAR FROM THEM AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO YELL AT ME THROUGH MY TV! There's another commercial for an attorney where a woman says "MIKE MADE 'EM PAY" so much louder than the rest of the commercial, it still startles me because it sounds like the lady is right in the room! What a way to start my day!

@Suzeecat I like this feature with Xfinity also. It's just not available on all of the networks I record from. Hopefully they will add this to more networks. it is called Smart Resume.

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Luvtuna — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:32:41 GMT

That is why we mostly just watch Netflix and Amazon and QVC of course.

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LyndaGee — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:00:27 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
I remember cable companies promised no commercials because we paid for our viewing. What happened?

You're absolutely right. That was the big selling point.

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INDIANA BONES — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:25:48 GMT

@Puppy Lips wrote:
@shaggygirl wrote:
I get around many of them by DVRing the majority of my favorite shows and then fast forwarding thru the ads. I'm particularly hating the Farmer's Insurance ads, especially the one with the truck on the roof.....the eyes on the boy in that one make him look demented.
@shaggygirl I agree that the boys looks a bit odd. He also is on the soap opera General Hospital.

I also DVR all shows/movies I want to watch unless they are on Demand with no commercials. Skip Commercials (My Mom used to say that LOL) when they air. Amazing how an hour show can be seen in around 28 mins w/o commercials. Bright side to no commerials is no running to kitchen to get a snack that I seemed to do often. Takes hours off Nascar thank goodness.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:36:22 GMT

Thanks to all for your replies. Clearly we are not the only ones who have noticed the increase in commercials. And thanks for a lot of good ideas.

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Mary in MO — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:01:08 GMT

I hate the drug ads, and we're paying for them & companies can write off expenses. Also, where I live non-stop ads from abt 3 separate law firms that run all the time....er...ambulance chasers. When their firm/client wins those car accident cases, it's another excuse for insurance companies to raise our rates. It's never ending.

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MsD2K — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:05:51 GMT

Yes, they are all unbearable. I have to DVR everything to avoid them.

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depglass — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:36:25 GMT

When I first switched to DISH 18 months ago there was an option to skip the commercials when you set the recording up. No longer, you have to manually fast forward through each show.

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Spurt — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:40:31 GMT

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