Last night's US-Canada hockey game had 53 minutes of action (where did the other 7 minutes go) and over 56 minutes of commercials. 27% of the 3.5 hour broadcast was dedicated towards turning our brains into a zombie-like mush with this crap. There's a WSJ article on this here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...uselHighlights


I have pretty much quit watching normal programming due to commercials. I do watch a ton of DVDs on my treadmill, and even that is impacted by the change in commercials. Recent series (anything in the last 5 years) takes 42 minutes to watch an hour-long episode. I was watching Kung-Fu from 1973, and an episode lasts 51 minutes.

There are only two sports I can stand watching now. WC/UEFA soccer (where they don't dare interrupt the game with commercials, but they do put dumb emblems on the screen) and boxing. You can completely avoid commercials in both of these with a little planning.

But WTF? I hate commercials. This crap needs to get reversed.