Remember when there was only one movie on TV a night? Remember when you used to have to go to the video store to rent a movie? Remember when… well, you get the picture.
Nowadays there are so many places to watch movies it’s almost overwhelming! Should you watch a movie at the movie theater? Or on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO, Disney+, Fandango, Redbox, etc.? Is it even worth watching movies on TV anymore with all the commercial breaks?
When was the last time you watched a movie on broadcast TV that contained commercials? Please tell us in the poll below.
The “new & improved” TV broadcast technology as mandated by the FCC killed our reception. But no matter. Cable and satellite TV is equally commercial laden, if not worse. It’s disgusting to realize we’re paying premium to have 18 minutes of mind-numbing ads force-fed to us each hour.
So our household has turned to (mostly) Roku streaming via hi-speed ‘net. And we pay premium fees to kill the commercials. We had also been cable news junkies, recording them and skipping through the commercials. But lately we’re cutting way back: news of late is causing an overdose of antacid tablets. Abstinence is our new aversion therapy.
It’s so nice to see the results of your polls – reassures me that I’m normal 😃
Thanks, Judy. We’re glad to be of assistance. I’m just the opposite – I like to see that I’m “different,” i.e., in the minority. (I never watch TV or movies, in this case.) 😆 Take care. 🙂 —Diane at RVtravel.com
We video tape 99% of tv then zoom thru the commercials.
Video tape? Or dvr.
“Tape” and fast forward.
We cut the cable a few years ago so commercials are normal for us. But wait! The cable had as many commercials as broadcast tv. Saves us paying way over $100/month for mostly junk tv. We use Amazon Prime and get all the free movies we want with less commercial time than cable or broadcast. We also get tv shows that are new to us. Lately we have been enjoying a Canadian sit-com called Corner Gas. Love it. It has commercials, but no station breaks.
Let me understand, you cut the cable and USE Amazon Prime and you’re saving money, the last time I checked there’s approximately 60+ channels you can get with an antenna up in the air. Lol
not if you’re in the country surrounded by 100 ft trees!!!!
Saturday morning Westerns and a Lifetime movie now and then Mostly watch documentary type shows and nature shows.
Nothing on pay cable worth paying for. Im saving $100 a month by switching to roku. Dont regret it a bit. I dont feel the need to subscribe to appletv, netflix, or any of those other rip off spin offs.
We Cut The Cord Completely! Only Classic DVD,s… We Will Not Allow Ourselves To Be Influenced By Cable Companys, Internet Streaming Apps Or Over The Air Programming….
I record everything I watch on my DVR and then when I play back to watch it I can easily fast forward through all the commercials
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Usually I record the movie and zip past the commercials.
I cut the cord and it’s constant carshield and Medicare commercials.So tired of it.
Sometimes we camp places where our dish cannot get a signal, but our antenna does pull in over-the-air stations. However, we never watch movies that way. At home we watch television via our DirecTV satellite dish. I cannot justify spending 2 hours watching a 90-minute movie with 30 minutes of commercials, especially when the movie is cut to allow for more commercials.
I remember when cable started, they said uncut commercial free programming. Now you pay extra for everything. Since Amazon joined the Censorship Group I don’t use their services. We use basic Directv, Broadcast, CG exchange movies. I’m smart enough to filter out the propaganda coming over the tube.
We’ve been watching a movie or two with commercials on our Roku TV every week lately…but that’s not “broadcast TV” so I answered “months ago”.
Cable and sateliteTV are sunset business models, the end is on the horizon. Remember the 8 track tapes in your car? All the broadcast networks are now streaming for a monthly fee. Depending on your personal selection, much cheaper than cable/satellite. We stream most of our video entertainment and sometimes use the old fashioned TV antenna on the roof to get local OTA broadcasts. If we don’t have WIFI, we have a couple of hard drives full of movies we can plug into the TV.
Wait! Isn’t the dinosaur cable you refer to, used to get ‘streaming WIFI’? Last time I checked my bill, WIFI was caught up and passed the cost of satellite. Then, on top of the monthly cable bill you have for WIFI, you pay an additional monthly fee for each streaming company. Just wait until the competition is gone and WIFI and streaming companies are free to charge whatever they want.
How soon they forget… $9.99 a month and NO commercials… 😎
It’s easy to judge the popularity of any TV show by the number of commercials and how often they pop up. It seems like you can get stuck watching as much commercial time as program time. This is where recording programs comes in handy, so you can skip through this stuff.
Mostly we stream what we want to watch. The only thing we watch live on cable tv is very important breaking news and sports. Speaking of which, gotta go. Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament is about to start.
I will watch but will always pause long enough to fast forward though the commercials.
Record and Zip thru commercial
Yep, that is the way I do it. I can’t remember the last time I watched a live movie.
We haven’t had cable for 20 years. Free airwaves for us. Our preference is PBS as we have 5 channels in our town. We also go with free airwaves, DVD’s in our RV.
We have DISH so any movie (or program) that has commercials, I record and watch later and fast forward through the commercials. However, I do watch the three news networks in the morning (CNN, FOX & MSNBC) and they have a LOT of commercials. I switch to another channel whenever a commercial comes up. When all three are airing a commercial (sometimes the exact same commercial) I will shut down the tv until evening and then watch a pre-recorded program.
TV antenna reaches out enough to get 30 channels watching MeTV, PBS, local weather and states next door. Everything else through WI-Fi (Netflex, Philo, Hulu, Disney). Movies with out commercials.. But I don’t watch much TV. And the News is depressing, disappointing, maddening, so read the highlights on the tablet and move on.
Movie theater…. what’s that????
I clicked on “Within the Last Few Days” but then I realized you said BROADCAST TV. The RV park I’ve been “isolating in place” for about a year includes BASIC CABLE in the monthly rate. I do have an Over The Air antenna to pick up actual broadcast TV but, it’s been a year or more since I’ve used that antenna. I’m amazed at just how many ads there are, even on PAID CABLE TV these days. When I had a “Stick & Brick” I rarely watched OTA TV and, would NOT pay for the crappy service Cablevision provided. My local public library had an EXCELLENT selection of DVDs and BluRay disks. If my local library didn’t have the title I wanted, said title was usually available from another library that was a member of the local cooperative library system. Public Libraries are the hidden gems in most towns.
I watch a movie on over the air tv every night. Do not go to theater or rent movies and don’t even know how to do the other methods mentioned. I even watch black and white tv, for what that is worth.
Old Western a week ago.