--Minimum Coverage Auto Insurance

--Addiction help (but only if you can get the taxpayers to pay)

--My Pillow

--Attorneys That Want You To File Lawsuits

--St. Jude and any other entity that wants your Visa card number

--Medicare Coverage

If Antenna TV can't do better than this, even on Johnny Carson, I don't know how they survive. I'm SICK of these junk ads!

I don't like the downer commercials (Mesothelioma, cancer, catheters, etc.) because they're depressing and/or boring, but to be honest it could be worse. Main network channels seem to have more annoying ads.

The ones with pitchmen are usually worth watching for comedic value. I wish they would have more of those types of commercials.

I've often wondered what their perceived audience age group is for this channel. Judging by the commercials, it seems the audience is nearing death, whether it be from working with asbestos in the shipyards 60 years ago or constantly falling down the stairs.

I can live with the bad commercials, but I cannot stand that horrible credit crunch. That is what bothers me most about Antenna TV and that is why I no longer watch it.

In my opinion almost all commercials on any commercial channel these days are un-watchable.As far as the types of commercials they show, I don't think Antenna TV is any worse than any of the other channels.They're all terrible.I avoid commercials as much as possible by using the DVR.

I can live with the bad commercials, but I cannot stand that horrible credit crunch. That is what bothers me most about Antenna TV and that is why I no longer watch it.

I know several posters don't mind the credit crunching, but I absolutely HATE it. Much of it has no real point. Watch "Hazel" going into Joey Bishop. In this case, they start the credits full-screen, and split them off into some nonsensical promo--a total waste of time. It's like they say, we HAVE to interrupt it with something...ANYTHING.

I think MeTV is a better-run channel, but Antenna has better, and more, sitcoms.

The audiences and ratings for the subchannels are so small that it seems a lot of advertisers are shy about placing general ads for products or stores on them. Most of their ads come from companies that want a direct phone or internet order from the person watching the commercial, so the companies get immediate feedback about what ads are working in what markets.
I don't know much about their ratings or the other subchannels,but I think MeTV and Antenna TV are doing pretty good and getting more, even a lot more viewers than many other channels.Plus,not that it matters that much but even their Facebook pages are very active.

I can live with the bad commercials, but I cannot stand that horrible credit crunch. That is what bothers me most about Antenna TV and that is why I no longer watch it.
We know. You tell us every time someone brings up Antenna TV...even when it has nothing to do with credits.

I hadn't watched Antenna in a while, but yeah, the medical and SPCA commercials are pretty bad. The other retro channels have those types of commercials from time to time, but at least they also show some bigger-name clients.

Those SPCA, UNICEF, and Childrens Hospital commercials are the lowest of the low. All they want is your credit card so they can suck you dry month after month. There ought to be a law...

One thing about Antenna that angers me is the low volume. When I watch any show that's on that channel, I have to turn up the volume.:mad:

One thing about Antenna that angers me is the low volume. When I watch any show that's on that channel, I have to turn up the volume.:mad:

Yes, the volume is too low on the programs, but then when it comes time for a commercial it is too loud and booming.

tv land does the same thing!! i hate the i can quite smoking commercials !! i also don't like you can take this pill but it may cause head aces upset stomach or darier!! then they go say it also may cause death!! I also hate the psychs commercial call now only 75 cents an minute!! if you don't like your reading then its free!!

I quit watching when they started showing the same episodes of The Tonight Show that they showed last year. Nothing else on this channel interests me or I already have it on DVD (which is how I watch 90% of my tv shows anyway)

I quit watching when they started showing the same episodes of The Tonight Show that they showed last year. Nothing else on this channel interests me or I already have it on DVD (which is how I watch 90% of my tv shows anyway)

You hit the nail on the head. I have better things to do than cope with hucksters obnoxiously pushing a product I have no interest in. :angryfire Home Video :banana: RULES! :banana:

I don't know about other non retro stations, but many of the commercials on the retro station are aimed at the age group watching the shows. Also it would be interesting see what is no longer advertised on tv these days. I heard cereals aren't shown much anymore for too much sugar in them and that is bad for kids. 80% shown is for ailments the the 20% is for charities.

I also can't stand the haunting voice of woman who talks about animals left out in the cold. If I have a choice of giving to Shriners, which I did. Cute little Alex is adorable or helping animals, who nitwitted owners shouldn't have a dog in the first place, I take the children.

In my opinion almost all commercials on any commercial channel these days are un-watchable.As far as the types of commercials they show, I don't think Antenna TV is any worse than any of the other channels.They're all terrible.I avoid commercials as much as possible by using the DVR.
But with AntennaTV it's like they have only 8-10 commercials constantly repeating and sometimes airing in one program.

But with AntennaTV it's like they have only 8-10 commercials constantly repeating and sometimes airing in one program.
Don't all the channels do that these days? I've got to admit though because I DVR most of what I watch I do not know what Antenna TV or any other channel are advertising nowadays. If someone were to ask me about what companies, or anything about who's advertising these days I would not even be able to tell them. I just know this,almost all modern commercials are like a big barrel of rotten apples,some maybe slightly better than the others but all of them are still rotten.

I am sure somewhere a drug commercial is shown, immediately followed by a lawsuit against the makers of the drug just advertised. Aside from these being sub-channels they also take into account who is likely to be watching. This is especially obvious during daytime TV. Ads are targeted at the elderly, and people who are unlikely to work. Get a scooter, get insurance, get pills, get something "free", rent your furniture, take online courses so you qualify as a "student".
The whole thing reeks of carnies and rubes.

That fat-sucking ad on MeTV is way too gross! I have to change the channel--it's not enough to just mute it.

It's always on at the end of the Beverly Hillbillies.

My dad was watching something on Escape the other day, and guess what ad came on?

Farmer's Only

Too many life insurance ads, but the bad acting makes some amusing.

Here's the problem, Ford is running ad's for the Escape or the Explorer, do they buy time and watch their ad running on a station that's bookending that ad with commercials for insurance to pay for burial expenses, and an ad for some horrible class action lawsuit. Forget it, not happening.

Now something can be done about all this but it would require action by the baby boomer generation, the Woodstock people, but I don't know if they have the guts for it. Send letters to AARP, instead of vacation packages and tote bags this organization should get back to its roots. When it was founded it advocated for social security and Medicare and politicians feared them. Older Americans have more disposal income available than any other age group. And they buy things! Lots of things! turn that money into a weapon make manufacturers and retail establishments work for that dollar. They want to blow you off, blow them off. Instead of running lame articles in the AARP magazine, how about a monthly feature on companies that seem unfriendly towards older Americans, not interested in associating their products with older Americans. Believe me, instead of ads for burial insurance, assisted living facilities and staircase lifts, you'll see ads for Apple, Ford, and Walmart these companies and more will be lining up to buy time.

Older Americans are being taken for granted, force the issue, it's time to fight back.