Without commercials, how will tv stations pay their employees? TV weathermen, news anchors, sportscasters, receptionists, and the multitudes of people in the background. How do the actors and people behind the scenes on tv programs have to be paid. Of course, the government could take over the broadcasting companies, but then taxpayer dollars (you pay) would subsidize the stations. Public TV is one example, but even there, donations from businesses sponsoring programs even get recognized. So, we may not like them, but they are a necessary evil.

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It provides an easy way to quickly mute annoying ads without fumbling for a remote.

The automatic unmuting feature helps ensure users don't miss program content.

It's beneficial for live TV viewing where time-shifting methods aren't applicable.

Overall, the KK is an effective tool for reducing the nuisance of TV commercials, though it still requires some user interaction and doesn't eliminate the commercial viewing experience.

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Omigosh don't we all hate those dumb commercials! Especially when they spam the same ones at you back to back. Just in case you were having a BR break... here it is again! My dad and I HATE commercials as much or more than any commercial hater. What he does is DVRs the show or game and FFs the commercials to spare his sanity. For me I just try to watch as much non-commercial TV as possible and even stream some games. Commercial TV like FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, TNT, WTBS etc are the worst commercial spammers and movie editors ever. They give you 5 min if commercials for every 3 minutes of show. AND they edit the crap out of movies, turning swearing into benign cartoony phrases. "Give me the keys you fairy godmother!" You're not even watching the same movie.

When you stream games (from a certain list of streamers channels) you get the floating logo and music during commercials which is much more tolerable than seeing the same commercial for the 5th time. If you're lucky they keep the game cameras on and you see fun crowd participating events (WNBA) or maybe a view of the venue with background stadium announcements like you were at the game.

Paying for no commercials is the scam, and I'm not giving in. Unfortunately there's no other way to skip them. Mute 'em or deal with 'em. As a huge commercial hater there are only a few that I actually like, for example the State Farm commercial where Reid is trying to sneak Mahome's "nuggies." I hit the back button when I see the same annoying ones come on again. It's like a video game...hit button quick!

Products that warn of "oily anal discharge" are my favorites.

I would never have a problem when I DVR'd both shows.

The streaming services are starting to have commercials and some won't let you fast-forward through them. So, I just mute the commercials and wait for the main story to start. (sometimes I have time to do a few push-ups......just kidding)

A few, very few commercials are worth watching.........once.

I went with yes, but I am on Netflix often in the evening. They have good Sci/Fy movies and series. I also like their "Black Sails'.

The streaming services say that the commercials keep your cost down.

There are commercials, and then there are commercials. YouTube (which makes up the bulk of my TV watching, along with Amazon Prime) is replete with them, and they're getting longer and more obnoxious, or so it seems, by the day.

I for one will be VERY happy when this particular Silly Season finally ends on Nov. 5, and we get back to the commercials that aren't quite as insulting to my intelligence.

Hulu has a subscription with no ads, so at least for programs available on the service, including many network shows that air the day after original air date, they are ad-free. Not free though $. What's nice is that an hour show is 43 minutes and a half hour show is 21 minutes.

Contrary to what you asked, I dvr pretty much everything and zip right thru the shows, especially with all the political crap/lies going on now.

I feel more at peace ☮️! 😉

Consumer spending is what drives our economy. Without ads and commercials there would be few programs. The alternative is the DVR where you can “race” through the commercials. With our DVR we can watch a program and tape four other programs at the same time. I wonder how many of us have purchased something because of a television commercial. A lot of us I would bet. What a deal!

I can't help myself, whenever a Discover Card commercial with Jennifer Coolidge comes on I have to watch, she cracks my up, especially the one when she's in the grocery store.