Television

CBS has a habit of not giving SF shows a fair chance. At no point did I see an advertised time for "Numb3rs," only the date. We were lucky to catch it on Sunday night and we'll continue to watch it, even though it will be on opposite Battlestar Galactica. That's why God gave us VCRs.

One thing that's been bugging me lately is the lack of commercials. I never thought I hear myself say it, but I'm getting real tired of seeing the same commercial every break, and some commercials are aired twice during the same break.

This happened to me once when I worked in radio. Sort of. I was working a Saturday morning shift and there were four commercial breaks schedules and five commercials for car dealerships in that hour. I called a co-worker and asked for advice. I ended up playing two car dealership commercials at the very beginning and very end of the same break.

Then I got a call from the station owner, pissed that I had done that. What could I say? Blame the sales staff for giving me two competitors in the same break?

Anyway, I figured it out. Last November I declared a new holiday. I realized that America is preparing for another holiday right around the corner: New Ad Day. Four hours of uninterrupted new commercials created at great expense. There's one real long string of commercials with bunch of big guys slapping eachother on the ass and shouting random numbers. I don't know what they advertise because I thought steroids were illegal.

But that's why we don't have any new commercials: The advertising season starts next week, I think. It's coming soon. Then television will be easy to watch for about a week before they all get old again and I realize just how amazing the mute button is.