Yesterday was the season premiere of The Big Bang Theory, one of my favorite shows. Each episode is 21 minutes long. I was so excited for the 1 hour special that started at 7pm last night. But what I didn't realize is it wasn't actually an hour special, like some shows actually have. They simply were airing the first two episodes back to back.
So while it took an hour of time, as it was scheduled from 7-7:30 and 7:30-8, It was 42 mins of a show and 18 minutes of commercials. Which is only 3 minutes away from being a third episode!
So the problem with the media of live TV to me is that it creates a time vacuum. Especially "1 hour" specials like the one mentioned. You are putting about as much time as an episode in being shown advertisements that are not always good media.
I probably should have know this sooner or realized it sooner. But last night as I realized I had been tricked and I sat through 18 minutes of stupid commercials I felt I would much rather watch TV shows on netflix then have to be exposed to a variety of ads that I don't care about.
Thanks for reading my rant,
Lisa
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