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There's been a lot of problems people have been having recently about the seemingly-endless commercial blocks on TV.
During TV's golden age, a timeslot used to be controlled by one or two sponsors that often had a say over a show's content or even owned/controlled a show outright. I believe thanks to the FCC, those slots became a free-for-all for advertisers to buy airtime to hawk their products.
For some time now, especially in this decade, many older shows shows are being time-compressed, having scenes cut/edited or having fake fade-outs just to allow more commercial time, with some ad blocks even running for five minutes. And oftentimes, the show's quality can suffer for it.
For example, NBC's 2012 broadcast of Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol was marred with edits to squeeze it and the commercials into a one-hour slot, the length it was made to run for, while the 2014 broadcast on The CW had it air in a 90-minute slot so it can run unedited while allowing plenty of commercial time. And recently on Nickelodeon, episodes used to start after the show's theme song ended, but now there are commercial bumpers saying that the show will start "in less than two minutes" following the title sequence.
What are your two cents on the issue?
During TV's golden age, a timeslot used to be controlled by one or two sponsors that often had a say over a show's content or even owned/controlled a show outright. I believe thanks to the FCC, those slots became a free-for-all for advertisers to buy airtime to hawk their products.
For some time now, especially in this decade, many older shows shows are being time-compressed, having scenes cut/edited or having fake fade-outs just to allow more commercial time, with some ad blocks even running for five minutes. And oftentimes, the show's quality can suffer for it.
For example, NBC's 2012 broadcast of Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol was marred with edits to squeeze it and the commercials into a one-hour slot, the length it was made to run for, while the 2014 broadcast on The CW had it air in a 90-minute slot so it can run unedited while allowing plenty of commercial time. And recently on Nickelodeon, episodes used to start after the show's theme song ended, but now there are commercial bumpers saying that the show will start "in less than two minutes" following the title sequence.
What are your two cents on the issue?