Re: Fewer people watching network television

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

Donna Halper wrote:
 
> I know why, or at least I have a hot theory, and it's so obvious to me.
> Same with radio listening, which is also down.  TOO MANY COMMERCIALS.  Now,
> I realise we can't all go commercial free, and I do understand the need for
> stations to support themselves.  But since all of these mergers and
> buyouts, I have seen (and heard) more commercials being added.  

You may have a point there.  This week, I was watching some videos of one
of my all-time favorite TV shows, =Tom Corbett, Space Cadet=, from the
early 1950s, and I noticed the relative shortness of the commercial break. 
Just one sponsor, and just one commercial, then back to the show.

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