[mythtv-users] [OT] Study proves skipping commercials make TV less enjoyable

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Wed Jan 14 21:23:54 UTC 2009


On Wed, January 14, 2009 1:08 pm, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:02 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>> I think they do this because of channel surfers.  They know some
>> percentage of people will have switched channels during the commercial
>> break and need to know what's going on.
>
> I always assumed they did it to fluff out the show because it was
> cheaper to keep replaying the same clips than to actually film new
> content.

That may be part of it, but probably not the main reason -- a lot of
material usually gets cut out of a show like that during production
anyway, so saving a few minutes here and there doesn't really save much
money.




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