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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

TBS, You Suck

TBS has taken to doing those lame ads where they stop your show and on the lower 1/3 of the screen another dork form some other show starts talking to your about his retarded show. In any case I've written a letter. Feel free to insert your name and send it in.

--INSERT DATE--

TBS
1010 Techwood Dr. NW
Atlanta GA 30318


To Whom it may concern at TBS:


When watching TBS I witnessed an instance where an episode of the show I was watching was interrupted by a plug for the another show. It wasn't a commercial; rather the show was "paused" while a character from the second show made an inane comparison between the two shows.

This is not the first time I have seen this method of advertising and I find it obnoxious. I understand that your business model relies on advertising and that cross promotion of shows is very important. However, I must strenuously suggest that this kind of invasive lower 1/3 screen intrusion is detestable.

Such interruptions are sufficiently annoying that the viewing experience is severely diminished. If it becomes a notably common occurrence I'll stop watching TBS shows and I'm likely not the only one.


Regards,


--ENTER YOUR NAME--
A TBS viewer.

If you feel really hostile I recommend you add the following as the 3rd paragraph:
I like to zone out during commercials. Sometimes I watch if the commercial is interesting but generally I don't pay attention or just TIVO past the commercial. But since you've decided to sneak in a cross promotion I don't have much of a choice. As a consumer I consider it a form of optical rape.

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# posted by Max : 6/04/2008 06:55:00 PM 0 comments

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