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I can count on one hand the number of times my children have sat down and watched network TV. They are 4 and 7 years old. With ~15 minutes of commercials per ho

by jimmar 11y ago

I can count on one hand the number of times my children have sat down and watched network TV. They are 4 and 7 years old. With ~15 minutes of commercials per hour, I've probably saved them from watching thousands of commercials, which I think is a good thing.

timjahn 11y ago
Same. They don't even really know what commercials are.
eitally 11y ago
Mine only ever see it in hotel rooms on vacation. The first time they experienced it, my son got very upset because we could pause it when he had to use the bathroom. The commercials irritated my wife & I so much we just turned it off entirely.
- JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  My wife and I watch Netflix when we do watch anything (we have twin two year olds, so this is a rare luxury). For some reason or other we turned on 'regular' tv the other day and there was an NFL game on. We could not believe how many commercials there were! Also, just how insultingly unintelligent they were. I mean, who actually would want to watch these commercials!?
  - ahlatimer 11y ago
    As a football fan, the quantity of commercials is something else. CBS is particularly bad. You'll often see a touchdown, PAT, commercial break, cut back to the kickoff with the ball in mid-air which results in a touchback (so like 5 seconds worth of "content" which is really just a ball flying through the air and a guy catching it and kneeling down) followed by another round of commercials. It's insane. When I get particularly frustrated with it, I pause the game and go do something else for a good 15-20 minutes, then come back so I can at least fast forward through some of them.
jonkiddy 11y ago
My 6 yr old daughter cried the first time she saw a commercial and was convinced I changed the channel on her.
shaftoe 11y ago
Mine don't understand why live TV cannot be paused or fast forwarded. The first time they encountered a commercial, they became very frustrated as to why their show was no longer playing and they couldn't do anything about it.
talmand 11y ago
I'm convinced that it will be the children of cable-cutters that will bring the cable TV monopolies down. Why would they sign up for cable TV, and pay the ridiculous fees, when they've never had need for it their entire lives?

by jimmar 11y ago

timjahn 11y ago

Same. They don't even really know what commercials are.

eitally 11y ago

Mine only ever see it in hotel rooms on vacation. The first time they experienced it, my son got very upset because we could pause it when he had to use the bathroom. The commercials irritated my wife & I so much we just turned it off entirely.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago
My wife and I watch Netflix when we do watch anything (we have twin two year olds, so this is a rare luxury). For some reason or other we turned on 'regular' tv the other day and there was an NFL game on. We could not believe how many commercials there were! Also, just how insultingly unintelligent they were. I mean, who actually would want to watch these commercials!?
- ahlatimer 11y ago
  As a football fan, the quantity of commercials is something else. CBS is particularly bad. You'll often see a touchdown, PAT, commercial break, cut back to the kickoff with the ball in mid-air which results in a touchback (so like 5 seconds worth of "content" which is really just a ball flying through the air and a guy catching it and kneeling down) followed by another round of commercials. It's insane. When I get particularly frustrated with it, I pause the game and go do something else for a good 15-20 minutes, then come back so I can at least fast forward through some of them.

jonkiddy 11y ago

My 6 yr old daughter cried the first time she saw a commercial and was convinced I changed the channel on her.

shaftoe 11y ago

Mine don't understand why live TV cannot be paused or fast forwarded. The first time they encountered a commercial, they became very frustrated as to why their show was no longer playing and they couldn't do anything about it.

talmand 11y ago

I'm convinced that it will be the children of cable-cutters that will bring the cable TV monopolies down. Why would they sign up for cable TV, and pay the ridiculous fees, when they've never had need for it their entire lives?