NickDisk Reloaded

azumanga · Moderator Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 146

Anyone notice how much commercials are on Nick-at-Nite's sister channel, TV Land, lately?

According to this Radio-Info post, there are now at least two six-minute commercial breaks per half-hour (maybe more). The poster reported that "Andy Griffith" broke for a six-minute commercial break, then returned for two minutes and closing credits, then had another six minute break before the next program.

And remember -- many of you are paying for this channel as part of your cable or satellite bill, for a channel that's close to half-commercials.

jarjar23 · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

How is that possible with the show being like 22 mins long, at the least? Also, I regulary watch TV Land in the mornings, and I did not notice that the commercials were THAT long. Should time them next time.

Usually it goes like:

Show Opening
First part
Short Commercial
Second Part
LONG commercial
Third part
LONG commercial
Credits
Short Commercial.

bearbear · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

I don't really like the American ads sequence Triste

ABC1 uses it. Ours usually goes like:
Say, a show starts at 12:00
Commercials at about 12:08
Show continues at about 12:12
Credits roll
At 12:26, more commercials air until 12:30 when the next show starts.

jarjar23 · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:49 am Post subject:

I see how TV Land is doing this...

There is a Murphy Brown marathon starting 12:00am tonight. To fit more commercial time in, they are expanding the show's timeslot out 5 mins. So, the lineup looks like this:

12:00am ep 1
12:35am ep2
01:10am ep3
etc, etc through the night.

I noticed Nick at Nite is also doing this with thier overnight marathons.

It's a cheap and pointless way for the network to get more ad time for one show slot (even though they'll eventually lose a "slot" anyway by expanding each show by 5 mins). Hope that made sense.

I also want to mention this seems to be only happening during the early AM hours and usually during a single-show marathon. So, it's not like there is 6 mins of commericals during every slot on the sched.

Rebekah 10 · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject:

Their are so many commercials on their. It got on my nerves so bad. So we got some dvd's and it is so nice cause their isn't any commercial interuptions every two minutes.

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Rebekah 10 · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject:

My parents say the company does commercials like every 5 minutes because it is how the station pays for the shows.

jarjar23 · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:32 am Post subject:

Rebekah 10 · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:24 am Post subject:

Ya and those ones where they get kids all hyped up over some toy product. They "have to have it" kinda thing. It is so dumb

bearbear · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:18 am Post subject:

DesperateEmo · Unchained Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 801

Sky One are like that with Buffy, sometimes the adverts start as soon as 6 minutes or so into the show.

E4 are like it too, now. The first break during Desperate Housewives begins after the opening credits, and with Lost the credits start after the first break.

bearbear · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject:

My maths teacher recorded Lost and found a 6 minute space between ad breaks.

jarjar23 · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

DesperateEmo · Unchained Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 801

Rebekah 10 · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject:

That new show flight 29 Down, when i first watched it the show was so short just for commercials. I think it is a little longer now now but it drives me crazy because you don't even get to see it much and thats why we VHS/DVD recorders. Cool