Hermione Wrote:
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> Sue Wrote:
>
> >Here in Houston, if there's a TV show
> > I really want to see, I tape it and fast
> forward
> > through the endless commercials. Here they
> run to
> > four or five minutes each, about five or six
> times
> > per hour. It's horrible.
>
> The last time I was in Houston was some years ago,
> but I seem to remember that it was just as bad
> then. I forget how many TV channels there were -
> 30? 40? 90? - but most of them were completely
> unwatchable! I used to give up altogether and
> read old copies of "Archaeology" ...

I think the number of channels depends on what you're willing to pay for. I don't pay for tv, so I only have 27 channels. I think the problem with commercials is nationwide, though.

Anyway, it sounds as though you are a very well-traveled and discerning person.

Sue