Anyone else tired of a show that has an on screen ad during the whole show? I think TBS, TNT and TLC are the worst at this. I have to see “New crappy show tonight at 9!” during the whole show. I simply don’t watch shows that pull that stuff.
Then you don’t watch TV; every network is doing it.
I don’t mind it if it’s unobtrusive, but not when it covers the credits I’m trying to read, or when it take up more than 15% of the bottom.
(former ad researcher here)
I find them annoying (though they tick my wife off even more…or, at least enough that she vocally complains). It doesn’t seem to keep her from watching, however.
**Bijou Drains’ **boycott aside, I can guarantee you that the networks in question have tested these things. While they’ve undoubtedly found that the “banner ads” annoy a fair number of viewers, they have also undoubtedly found that they do lead to increased ratings for the advertised programs, while only causing a small number of people to become annoyed enough to change the channel.
Speaking of credits, I guess they are required to run them? Of course I guess the requirement can be met by running all 1000 credits in 2 seconds on 1/10th of the screen.
Yes, I believe that they are contractually obligated to run the entirety of the credits for a TV show or movie…though, as you note, some cable networks have started to run the lengthy credits for movies at super-high-speed, and / or run them in a split-screen, using the majority of the screen as a promo for another show.
Maybe I have missed it but I don’t think ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX do much if any of the 60 minute ads. Of course I mainly watch sports on those channels.
I hate those ads. I don’t know if it’s because we have small, old-timey televisions, but the ads obscure up to a third of the picture. I especially hate the flashing ads.
That’s why God invented IMDB.
I don’t believe that they do (though I believe that they all will do the intrusive promotions at the bottom of the screen in mid-program).