Far too many commercial breaks on "Cosmo"

[Cyrano]

I'm guessing, but after watching last night's installment of "Cosmos," I have the feeling that it is a half hour event placed into an hour-long time slot.

Watching last night became so frustrating, that I'm considering not watching future episodes and instead, buying the discs when they come out.

Too bad "Cosmos" wasn't aired on PBS.

[KittyWampus]

1. Agreed. Plus, too many empty special effects/ too few real facts.

The entire show could have been condensed to maybe 10 minutes.

I read during commercials… but the splashy filler didn't hold my attention either.

[yeoman6987]

10. If you didn't have commercials, you wouldn't have the show

That is how it is paid. I just hope the ratings don't keep falling. They have been falling each week.

[Tempest]

18. Big on production value, small on content

That's why I stopped watching it.

[CFLDem]

2. I'm waiting to for the series release, as well.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I record it

and fast forward through the commercials.

There does seem to be more commercials than actual content.
Quite annoying.

[newfie11]

9. Yep, that works for me. Nt

[jberryhill]

4. Unwatchable without a DVR

I find the animation off-putting, but I guess it appeals to some.

[Berlum]

5. A veritable GALAXY of commercials

[JVS]

11. Advertising revenue measured in BILLIONS of dollars.

[gollygee]

6. Thank you for reminding me

what I wanted to do today!

But yes, there are too many commercials, even watching online. PBS would have been better.

[lame54]

7. I guess the honeymoon's over

[Cyrano]

8. Not really

The good news is that Tyson took a couple of shots at the fundies about why the world couldn't possibly be a mere 6,000 years old. It seemed he was going out of his way to poke his finger in their eyes. He also squeezed in a bit of evolution to anger them even more. I Loved it.

Can't wait for their bitching and moaning which should start today.

On edit: I hope he's reaching some of the children who are being brain washed with the 6,000 year old earth crap.

[Jack for Sanders]

12. I've been acquiring the program from a P2P site with the commercials stripped out.

Last night's episode #4, with opening and closing credits, clocked in at 00:41:18.

[Deep13]

13. Yes, they are really intrusive.

This is why I did not get especially excited when I heard NDT was remarking the series. In 1980, the episodes were 55 minutes long because they were on PBS. There were no ads, so I had a solid hour to think about and absorb the message of the show. Now it's a 37 minute show with an often obnoxious interruption ever 8 minutes.

[whatthehey]

14. I've downloaded these so far

and have found them to have the typical 42-43 minutes run time that an hour slot of TV gets you these days. The filler f/x for the sake of f/x I agree with however.

[Tikki]

15. The commercial breaks pay for this amazing show.

I'd like to see it run for season after season.


Tikki

[Baclava]

16. Disappointed by the new Cosmos. Far too much reliance on special effects and cartoons

I'd much rather listen to Dr. Amy Mainzer

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Just got a DVR a year ago. Wonderful gizmo.

[Tempest]

19. "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a Canadian news comedy show (it's been around for ages). The name of the show is a tongue in cheek on how many commercials versus content is shown on the average hour show.

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. Forty one minutes vs Sagan'sSixty one minutes

episode 4......

Fox TV vs PBS

I think if one did a word count on forty one mins of contrasting episode you would find less on the new one by about 20 percent on content.
Alot of fluff and visuals but hey, I still like it.

[johnp3907]

21. I watch it here the next day:

http://www.cosmosontv.com/watch/195050051992

I like to watch what I want when I want anyway.

[Hekate]

22. I also wish it were on PBS, but they don't have the money FOX does

Commercials pay -- and for once I am actually grateful to FOX. I'm very much looking forward to being able to buy the DVDs -- I haven't enjoyed astronomy et al. this much since I was a kid in love with sci-fi space exploration novels.