#4110229 - 04/22/15 05:38 PM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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I wouldn't say streaming, but I DVD everything besides live sports, I don't want any network show live because I'm sick of the commercials.
Only a few shows I watch via Netfilx, House of Cards & Homeland.
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#4110424 - 04/23/15 02:47 AM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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Commercials are the worst. Of which about 50% are for prescription medicines. Abilify, Vytorin, Dulera, Xarelto... and a host of others. They're idiotic too.
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#4110589 - 04/23/15 01:33 PM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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That depends on what show you watch. If you're watching a show whose demographic is the over-49 crowd, you bet you'll see those kinds of commercials. You won't see them while watching Vampire Diaries on the CW, though, nor while watching Family Guy on Fox or Once Upon a Time on ABC, because old people don't watch them.
Watch the news, though, and you'd get the impression there's no one in the US left under retirement age.
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#4110660 - 04/23/15 03:17 PM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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That depends on what show you watch. If you're watching a show whose demographic is the over-49 crowd, you bet you'll see those kinds of commercials. You won't see them while watching Vampire Diaries on the CW, though, nor while watching Family Guy on Fox or Once Upon a Time on ABC, because old people don't watch them.
Watch the news, though, and you'd get the impression there's no one in the US left under retirement age.
The Jedi Master +1 The marketing for NASCAR races has always fascinated me. About 90% of the commercials are for pickup trucks, Wrangler jeans, beer and male enhancement prescription drugs.
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#4110878 - 04/23/15 11:13 PM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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Like Raj said in The Big Bang Theory, "one thing I learned from Super-bawl commercials, is that American men drink a lot of beer, have problems maintaining an erection, and need to pee too often." On the subject, I don't remember when was the last time I had a TV set... 2006 or 7 maybe... Too many commercials and you have to watch stuff at a specific time. That's not cool. 100% streaming or DVD here.
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#4111065 - 04/24/15 12:17 PM
Re: Latest TV viewing trends in the US
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With a DVR you don't have to watch the commercials or watch it at any particular time, you just have to set it to record. In the "old days" of 20 years ago, TV shows had 15 mins of commercials per hour. Half hour shows had 7 or so. The hour shows had breaks at the 15 min marks, so you had 4 acts. As time has progressed, shows have shrunk to 43, 42, and now roughly 41 minutes. However, at the same time the networks didn't want those breaks to be too long, so they switched to having 5 acts, an extra commercial break per hour. Half hour shows are now 21 mins if you're lucky. Of course, go back and watch TV episodes from the early 80s or before and you'll notice they're 51 minutes! Not just the original Star Trek, but as late as the first couple of seasons of Moonlighting. The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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