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>The title might as well be, "shows that are written specifically to have commercials are more entertaining when the commercials are kept in". Yes, but... I en

>The title might as well be, "shows that are written specifically to have commercials are more entertaining when the commercials are kept in". Yes, but... I enjoy certain youtube content, oftentimes it'll be ripped tv shows. Nothing more annoying (but thank you, rippers) than the cut adverts being so obviously cut, in that there's a 15min intro, a build up, and then a ridiculous summary of 'the predicament' (which would have been after the ads) and bujld up. Did we really forget everything when adverts were shown? US shows are worse, probably because they showe more adverts?

toast0 4y ago
> Did we really forget everything when adverts were shown? > US shows are worse, probably because they showe more adverts? When the adverts are shown, it's a good time to stop and consider if anything else is on and worth watching. You may stop on a different show and need to be brought up to speed, or have burned your short term memory with 50-150 channels of ads and garbage. I think the US has a bigger percent of tv viewers with a pay tv subscription with a ton of channels, but I could be way off? Of course, some shows really don't have that much content, so they spend a lot of time rehashing what they already showed you. And then you've got online tv with commercials where they insert them almost, but not quite at the intended insertion points. Ugh, that's terrible.
happyopossum 4y ago
> US shows are worse, probably because they showe more adverts? That’s not necessarily the case - I remember growing up in Canada and having an extra 60-90 seconds cut from some of my favorite US TV shows to make room for even more commercials. I knew this because we’d vacation across the border and I’d get to see the full length original shows.
stephen_cagle 4y ago
I think I remember reading that most tv was also accelerated like 1% or something so they could shove 1 more 15 second add in it. Also why the credits run by at 20x at the end of a film. :]

toast0 4y ago

> Did we really forget everything when adverts were shown? > US shows are worse, probably because they showe more adverts? When the adverts are shown, it's a good time to stop and consider if anything else is on and worth watching. You may stop on a different show and need to be brought up to speed, or have burned your short term memory with 50-150 channels of ads and garbage. I think the US has a bigger percent of tv viewers with a pay tv subscription with a ton of channels, but I could be way off? Of course, some shows really don't have that much content, so they spend a lot of time rehashing what they already showed you. And then you've got online tv with commercials where they insert them almost, but not quite at the intended insertion points. Ugh, that's terrible.

happyopossum 4y ago

> US shows are worse, probably because they showe more adverts? That’s not necessarily the case - I remember growing up in Canada and having an extra 60-90 seconds cut from some of my favorite US TV shows to make room for even more commercials. I knew this because we’d vacation across the border and I’d get to see the full length original shows.

stephen_cagle 4y ago

I think I remember reading that most tv was also accelerated like 1% or something so they could shove 1 more 15 second add in it. Also why the credits run by at 20x at the end of a film. :]