Thousands of channels these days and all of them with the exception of PBS

[walkingman]

have commercials for at least half of their air time. What the heck. The only ones that don't have them are streaming channels and even they have them if you get their discounted price.

It is a constant barrage of of drug commercials or some other crap that no one pays attention to - wondering if it is some type of subliminal thing going on. TV sucks. I need to read more but TV is effortless.

[Pinback]

1. "I was DOWN to talk to my doctor about Rybelsus!"

[moniss]

2. I've noticed now on the

broadcast channels that on re-runs of shows like "The Closer" they have sometimes stopped showing the last 90 seconds or so of the show. If you know the whole ending that's one thing but if you don't you come away thinking that's how it ended sort of up in the air. They cut out parts in the middle also. When you've seen the first run episode and then the re-run you really notice the differences. It is still a "vast wasteland" whether it is broadcast, cable or streamed.

[Tetrachloride]

3. I just used Netflix and stayed off all those.

I haven’t used a TV in 2 years

[3Hotdogs]

6. Gotta be at least 20 years since I tuned in on TV.

Netflix, AppleTV and Prime.

Prime has Britbox, Showtime and HBOMax included.

[walkingman]

7. How do you get the local news?

[Tetrachloride]

9. tv website on phone

[Stuart G]

12. Radio...News Station that has News "All the Time" and a Local Newspaper.

[jmbar2]

4. As an experiment...

I was looking up the prices of the drugs heavily promoted - $14-16,000 per round of treatment!

Since so few people have that type of money, I guess they are advertising for a needle in a haystack.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Not advertising for people

They advertise to use people to access that vast mountain of greed and corruption that stands between patients and medical personnel -- insurance companies, which exist to suck up resources and deny claims.

[walkingman]

8. It really is sad. Healthcare has become a political issue and that means

the corporation will control any changes that take place.

[SharonAnn]

11. Don't forget "Pharmacy Benefit Managers" who get a cut.

[lastlib]

10. Almost nothing is more gratifying to me....

...than turning off a Liberty Mutual commercial.

Or a GEICO commercial.

Or a drug commercial.
Or a Camp Lejeune commercial....