half a show
i can't watch telly at my mother's house. she has an iron grip on the remote control and feels the need to switch to another channel while the ads are on, thus making you miss part of the show you were originally watching and getting you interested in the second show, just to turn it over again. even my dad isn't allowed to complain or touch the remote without getting called a baldy cunt.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:41, 5 replies)

Your mother calls your father a baldy cunt?

(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 17:26, closed)

yes
and plug, but to be fair, he calls her yoda
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 14:11, closed)

I also switch over if adverts come on
If the channel executives aren't interested in me watching the programme on their channel, and would rather interrupt it with moronic adverts, then I will simply stop watching their channel and download the programme later instead.

Adverts between programmes = OK.
Adverts interrupting the middle of a programme = shit.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 20:55, closed)

Especially fillums.
Count yourself lucky you don't live in America! Every hour of TV is about 40 minutes TV programme with 20 minutes of adverts.
( Ghoti Fingers, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 8:56, closed)

It's getting like that on satellite TV here.
Non-satellite channels hve a reasonably-long ad break but Sky ones're quite ludicrously long.

As has been pointed out, you can now record them and and skip over the ads. Nobody needs to bother with them so it's self-defeating.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 2 Nov 2014, 9:09, closed)