Most didn’t even notice the 12 mins of every hour taken for ads on TV (old stat; could even be worse now). And if you brought it to their attention, something about doing chores during them or somehow accepting them as the only way in which you’d receive your entertainment was what you heard. Any moment of most ads is an insult to your mental as far as I’m concerned. And others just don’t want to protect themselves.
Most didn’t even notice the 12 mins of every hour taken for ads on TV (old stat; could even be worse now). And if you brought it to their attention, something about doing chores during them or somehow accepting them as the only way in which you’d receive your entertainment was what you heard. Any moment of most ads is an insult to your mental as far as I’m concerned. And others just don’t want to protect themselves.
In the late 80’s the Simpsons ran 22 minute episodes which I think was normal. That would be 16 minutes of ads an hour.
Back in the late 50s/early 60s, a tv season season ran 39 weeks long, and an hour-long show ran for 54 minutes.