Television Commercials Are Almost As Long As The Television Programming. What Happened To The 3 Minute Laws?

[Newman]

Years ago there was a Law that limited Television commercial time. It seems that, quietly, that Law has either run out or is being ignored.Is anyone else irritated by this, and, such dismissal of our Laws of protection?

[Cale]

any change in our life that, benefits special interest and belittles our quality of life occurred under the Republican Rule over the last 28 years.   I really do not think that most republican politicians hate us Americans, I think they must be as dumb as they appear to be.   "Time, whatever that is, will tell"   I include this quote with the firm knowledge that republicans will have no clue who made it or, for that matter, what it means!  lol   Don?t Ya love stupid people, when, of course, they are not in Congress, making rules.    

[Achishar]

Did they change the rules on TV lately? Between the vastly decreased TV watching by yours truly and DVR technology(Go Verizon!) I can't be said to actually watch TV anymore. I watch DVRed programs wherein I fast forward thru the commercials, etc. If there are more commercials than there used to be, well, it's all zipping past and I can't count the frame rate that well. I have books next to the TV-watching chair for when my program end. danielpauldavis 72 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Ozzie]

since I watch most of my favorite shows on DVD, I have noticed that the amount of content is significantly less in newer shows, than in older ones. this includes longer and longer introduction montages.

[Tedman]

Corporate Americas greed has devoured the 3 minute law,watch out for the days when it will be 3 minute programmes and rest of the time Corporate America barking.

[Gustav]

Most likely, any change in our life that, benefits special interest and belittles our quality of life occurred under the Republican Rule over the last 28 years.   I really do not think that most republican politicians hate us Americans, I think they must be as dumb as they appear to be.   "Time, whatever that is, will tell"   I include this quote with the firm knowledge that republicans will have no clue who made it or, for that matter, what it means!  lol   Don?t Ya love stupid people, when, of course, they are not in Congress, making rules.     Sources: rednecksputter, fill-oss-a-fur, read some, been places. skep 72 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Sonnie]

OldHippieHatesNewAV said: 2 The average half-hour television program runs 22 minutes....it used to be 25 minutes.The average hour program runs 45 minutes....it used to be 52 minutes.To answer the original question: The only law/regulation of which I'm aware is the 1990 Children's Television Act which limits commercials in kids programs to 10 minutes on weekends and half of that on weekdays and sets limits on what is and isn't a commercial.....a program about Barbie, for example, would not be considered a full-length commercial unless it "cleverly" worked in plugs about buying Barbie dolls into the actual program. There are a number of other provisions as well.The National Association of Broadcasters, the industry's self-regulatory body, has set the amount of commercial time at 20 minutes per hour for hour long programs, and 10 minutes per half hour program. However, this does not have the same effect as law and pertains to local stations and not networks. There has never been a regulation from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the amount of commercial time that may be in a network program. However, most networks go along with the NAB guidelines when it comes to commercial time.Have you ever noticed - and this is truly annoying - how every over-the-air network runs their commercials at approximately the same time during an hour or half-hour? Also, do you remember the Family Hour which was to be the first hour of programming in the evening and was supposed to be devoted to "clean, wholesome, family entertainment"(programs with no violence, no sex, etc.)? Whatever happened to that? Now that's one they've really conveniently overlooked and forgotten!! 72 months ago

[Airdsgainne]

The average half-hour television program runs 22 minutes....it used to be 25 minutes.The average hour program runs 45 minutes....it used to be 52 minutes.To answer the original question: The only law/regulation of which I'm aware is the 1990 Children's Television Act which limits commercials in kids programs to 10 minutes on weekends and half of that on weekdays and sets limits on what is and isn't a commercial.....a program about Barbie, for example, would not be considered a full-length commercial unless it "cleverly" worked in plugs about buying Barbie dolls into the actual program. There are a number of other provisions as well.The National Association of Broadcasters, the industry's self-regulatory body, has set the amount of commercial time at 20 minutes per hour for hour long programs, and 10 minutes per half hour program. However, this does not have the same effect as law and pertains to local stations and not networks. There has never been a regulation from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the amount of commercial time that may be in a network program. However, most networks go along with the NAB guidelines when it comes to commercial time.Have you ever noticed - and this is truly annoying - how every over-the-air network runs their commercials at approximately the same time during an hour or half-hour? Also, do you remember the Family Hour which was to be the first hour of programming in the evening and was supposed to be devoted to "clean, wholesome, family entertainment"(programs with no violence, no sex, etc.)? Whatever happened to that? Now that's one they've really conveniently overlooked and forgotten!!

[Ximen]

Years ago there was a Law that limited Television commercial time. It seems that, quietly, that Law has either run out or is being ignored.Is anyone else irritated by this, and, such dismissal of our Laws of protection?

[teithi71]

TheLightWorks said: 1 since I watch most of my favorite shows on DVD, I have noticed that the amount of content is significantly less in newer shows, than in older ones. this includes longer and longer introduction montages. 72 months ago