Look at how very silly american dramas are..especially soap opera's! Some of these have been on tv 5 days a week for over 30 years. And trying to sit through just 1 hour episode,well..i cant. I try, to see whats so special that so many people watch it,( if they didn't the rateings would fall and the show would very fast be replaced..after all tv here, is a huge multi billion dollar industy! Those hour long soap opera's are now not even 45 minutes of the actual show playing! They added so many commercials! see the difference between the same title program in the 1970' 57 min of actual show and only 3 or 4 minutes of commercials; thru the 1980's apx 54 min of the drama, rest is commercials, 1990's had less the 50 minutes of soap playing. Today, heck..every 6 minutes theres a break for commercials..thats why CABLE TV GOT POPULAR,WE PAID SO WE COULD WATCH LESS COMMERCIALS..IM PAYING RU-vid TO HAVE O COMMERCIALS.. OR AT LEAST JUST AT BEGINNING AND END OF A SHOW. TO KEEP ME INTERESTED . ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHARACTERs and each has their own story line, jacks married to cindy but hes in elaines car about to undress her when his wifes car pulls up UNSEEN and! Commercials. After commercial, now its another guy, in the hospital after he crashed drunk with another guys wife , but he has 3 women that are engaged to him,but another woman has more money he thinks so off he went to..commercials .. etc. Even movies that we paid to watch in a movie theatre are given a 90 minute time slot. Now if the movie was actually 85 minutes tv will cut it and blame adult language..well kids today have and use more curseing then we did , but to get 20 minutes of commercials in this 90 min film being telivised of course they lie..even if its" Frank Rodgers goes to meet kermit the frog!" Mr Frank rongere was an educational program for preschoolers, along with kermit the frog from sesame street. Huge toy sales from seiamen street,and sneakers (p.f.flyers if i rember wanting as a kid myself from mr rongere show.) Although less commercials they still made stickers,candy, cerial, lunch boxes,and so much more!
