Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)

7. One nasty thing they do is

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 11:33 AM

Feb 2015

show the normal amount of commercials at the beginning and middle of the program.

Then they withhold the last minute of the program that has the solution or ending to the story, and show a commercial that seems like it's 4 minutes long, or longer, with more than 15 lightning-fast commercials, that you have to watch to see the last minute (or less) of the program.

And after the quicky ending has been shown, they show the long commercial break that comes between programs.

Pay TV is here.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads – Consumerist [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

I thought I was losing it. hollysmom Feb 2015 #1

ooooo! good! Howler Feb 2015 #2

Television is a dying medium. Advertisers will have to Lint Head Feb 2015 #3

their new business model will be to buy up and destroy the internet, like they did with music and Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #5

True. Lint Head Feb 2015 #8

For a 30 minute show there's usually 22-24 minutes of programming sakabatou Feb 2015 #4

BBC America has edited content Ilsa Feb 2015 #6

One nasty thing they do is fadedrose Feb 2015 #7

I noticed this!!! daredtowork Feb 2015 #9

This is why I record all my basic cable and network shows. Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #10

The same channel that runs SD programs in stretch-o-vision, and ran colorized B&W movies pstokely Feb 2015 #11