Paramount Network / Spike Cable Networks review: Ads vs tv time 33

Spike TV is pathetic and shameless! I felt compelled to complain after this channel somehow stretched a movie into a 5 hour affair. My family and I were all sitting around watching Die Hard, but half way through we had to get up and leave - the persistent 7 minute commercial interruptions made it unbearable! As noted above, worst movie-to-ad ratio I've ever seen! I'll never watch this channel again!

The commercials on all channels are too loud, too frequent and totally insult my intelligence. My solution to this problem is a DVR. I had one when I had a Dish & now I have one for my cable. I record all my favorite shows. I watch them at my leisure and fast forward, as fast as I can through all those mindless commercials. Problem solved and no more complaining. I tell you it is almost transendental.

Was watching analyze this .the commercial segments were longer then the movie segments. Come on now 17-19 commercials in a row nothing but pure greed at our expense. Had to turn movie off could not take it anymore

So much commercial time, I followed it to remind me not to watch SPIKE. I could watch a 1 hour paid programming instead!
7 min commercial
8 min show
6 com
7 show
8 com
9 show
7 com
10 show
... and so on.

Currently watching Kill Bill: Volume 1. It's runtime is 1 hour 51 minutes. On Spike TV, 3 HOURS. If you do the math this means 1 hour and 9 minutes of commercials. ABSURD. Not even mentioning the "snipes" (small advertisements) they have in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen throughout the movie, which are incredibly distracting and annoying. This channel is out of control with the commercials. Just because I watch a movie on your channel, this does not mean I want to see an ad for "Flip Men" for 3 FREAKING HOURS. I will never watch this channel again after this movie. If it were not for my love of this movie / not owning it / movie channels not showing it, I wouldn't tolerate it even now. I will cherish the day Spike TV gets replaced with an infomercial channel, because at least that way they wouldn't be disguising it as "TV for guys" and lying to people when it's actually "Commercials for suckers".

Spike TV's commercial to programming ratio is bloody pathetic! Great choice for Spike's Board of Directors. Increase 4th Quarter revenue at the expense of sabotaging your own viewership, never mind potentially landing what could be potentially the last 'spike' in Viacom's coffin.

Epic fail.

the beep on all the commercials makes me want to drive a screwdriver through my ears. The beep happens 1, 2, 3 times each commercial.

I understand advertisers pay the bills and unfortunately are needed but I just wagged about two minutes of programming from 1144 to 1259. what good are adds if you don't have viewers. I will never watch this channel again.I've removed it from my list so its not even in view while I'm surfing.I'm sure there are thousands if not more like me. you don't need a degree to figure out more viewers watching less adds is better than a ton of adds with less viewers. absolutely disgusting

This is becoming more and more common these days. Spike TV, AMC, Showcase etc. etc., all seem to shove lengthy commercial sequences down your gullet and expect you to sit there and smile. I used to just mute the television and walk away for 5 minutes, then come back and continue. Yet, it got to the point where it seemed I was muting the television far too often for yet another monotonous series of commercials.
I no longer watch these stations. I simply couldn't stand it anymore. I'd rather watch paint dry (literally), than sit through a so-called movie with more commercials than you can shake a stick at.

SPIKE IS THE WORST!ALL COMMERCIALS-YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO ENJOY A PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT INTERUPTIONS OF THE STUPID COMMERCIALS, AND WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS THAT THE COMMERCIALS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME ONES OVER AND OVER-SHOULD USE ALL THAT COMMERCIAL REVENUE TO HIRE REAL PROGRAMMERS.

I agree wholeheartedly with everyone here. The sheer amount of advertising is enough to make you forget what you were watching in the first place. Spiketv is just a channel for ads interrupted by a show from time to time. Very sad

Seeing a guy cutting a pig in pieces, it shows that you guys have no brain, no manners and no mercy. What kind of program is this? No wonder why this young generation has a strange behaviour.. this should be banned from TV. With so many people in this world without food and you guys trying to see how fast a stupid guy cuts a pig in pieces... what a clown!
So many things in this world to discover or to do, and you wasting our money in such stupidity and showing this to children, like this was supposed to be normal!
Please stop this kind of violence, you are abusing the audience, and offending the young generation that don't understand the differences.
If someday one of you find a guy in the street with a sword try to cut you in pieces don't get surprised! you only getting what you planting. Good luck.
Toronto J.S.

Yoo many commercials. Maybe they have nothing to offer, so they fill in as much air time with commercials. Ratings will fall and so will they!

I was watching "Rambo" and at the very end the screen started scrambling around and I couldn't make out what happen, how screwed up is that. And when it finally came on 90% of the screen was covered up with previews of some up coming show, spike TV needs to learn from other cable channels the proper way the present a show. Spike RUIN the movie, screw you SPIKE TV.

I totally agree… this is the worst amount of advertising (and bad quality too) in HISTORY. Screw this channel

oh, and just so you know, spike, i tivo'd your movies and skipped all the ads, but it was STILL annoying… that's a testament to how bad the advertising is. 6-8 minutes of ads is unreal… never seen it on any channel before

I appreciate the fact that you have all episodes of Bar Rescue streaming on your site but your Ad Generator needs a ton of work. I can tolerate five commercials per break, even though Hulu/Comcast On Demand show no more than three, but the repetitiveness is beyond annoying. Also, some of the video game ads are far too lengthy. This damn Thief commercial plays constantly and is easily over 90 seconds long. And I still have to watch four more 30 second commercials to boot? Ridiculous. There are a MILLION other places to watch video/tv content so get your ### together.

this is nuts you guys get paid from cable and blast the crap out of commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial
after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial
after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial
GETS A LTTLE SAD DOES IT NOT after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial

What else can I say about the all too frequent commercial breaks that hasn't been said already? So, I guess I will point out how poorly timed the constant commercials are. Seems like no one is manning the ship at spike. They will cut away to commercial right in mid sentence or in the middle of an action sequence. No planning whatsoever!

At least they have given me a new phrase to use when comparing things. Like, "man, this (blank) has more (blank) than spike tv has commercials". Or, "that person is almost as greedy as a spike tv ad executive."

Pathetic.

To spike TV, i hope your channel gets banned by FCC. I don't like the, excuse my language, ### sexual ads that are advertised on Spike. FUQ U SPIKE TV. YOU ARE GOD FUQING AWFUL.

Spike TV, you have lost a viewer here. I actually googled, "Are commercial breaks getting longer?" when watching a moving on the network recently. I thought I was losing it, but sure enough, two articles about how Spike TV is running the longest commercials of any network in history popped up. Needless to say, I switched the channel...for the last time. You will not get me to view another show on your channel ever again. 10 mins? This blatant disregard for the normal standard to get more ad revenue is counterproductive for your company. Do you think that we're stupid? You will see more loyal viewers flee in hoards. Believe me...viewers can tell. It is very obvious what you are doing. Viewers are used to the standard 3-5 minute break. We can clearly spot your 8-10 minute break...it just feels off. You lost a viewer. Even if you fix it I won't watch your channel again.

Spike TV commercials are such TRASH. It's sluts that are 1/2
Naked telling you to call in for phone sex. Not to mention there is 6-7 minutes of this
Every Commercial Break. WTF Spike. Not watching this channel anymore.

If I see that commercial about the Elvis tattoo one more time I'm gonna loose my mind and never watch spike again.

After trying to watch Man on fire with my wife she's now asleep right next to me and it is to late now to finish the movie! This is why I never watch spike tv. The commercial breaks are as long as the movie scenes and that is just unacceptable

I have NEVER complained publicly about a show or tv channel in my life. Then again I have NEVER encountered such a trash channel. Spike is pathetic. Deleted of my channel guide. Will never watch again.

Kudos to Spike for showing Walking Dead new season but, for the first time ever, a terrestrial UK TV channel broadcast advert slots that were longer than the programme segments. For most of the double episode the programme segments were about 6 to 7 minutes and the advert slots 4 to 5 minutes but, at around 10.40pm they came out of a 5 minute advert break, showed exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds of the programme and then had another advert break of exactly 5 minutes. Don't they realize I will now never watch Spike live? I'll record anything I want to see and jump skip the adverts. Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

most comments seem to be about commercials on the actual Spike TV channel. but they have a major problem with the streaming video, as well. the actual ad length is fine; and the number of ad breaks seems reasonable. however, there is one ad "overlay" that goes over the video. some ads play with this "overlay"; and sometimes they don't. when they DON'T, no problem. But when this overlay appears, the following occurs: 2nd ad (after this appears) goes MUTE; 2 more ads play silently (should be 5 short ads, but ends up being about 7. then the page gets stuck on that last ad (always the same ad). a play button appears, but that only replays the ad. only solution is to reload page; then wait for 1 ad to play, then drag a bit past ad break u got stuck on, wait for 5 more ads and then the program continues. but, due to the dragging of the slider, inevitably I lose a few secs of programming. this happens pretty much on EVERY ad break. so it is a nightmare trying to get through a single TV episode. certainly very hard to enjoy the actual content. I tried different browsers and check that my browser/plugins were all up to date, thinking problem might be on my end. but, so far, nothing. Spike TV clearly cares more about ad money than actual viewers, which seems a bit BACKWARDS.

Just sat and watched a body for ad for women's sanitary ware the add showed a woman sat on the toilet inserting a pad inside her underware WE DON'T NEED TO SEE THIS NOT AN ADULT OR A CHILD DISGUSTING

Spike TV is ridiculous and obviously don't care about their viewers opinions. Its been the same for numerous years and will NOT change. The Commercial timing is horrible compared to anything that you try to watch! Also the commercials are over and over and over again, same Damn commercials! I have also reported a complaint with the FCC in regards to this situation!
Here is a little advice for Spike TV, listen to your viewers and change to the better. Its NOT always about the money!
A little advice for the viewers, CHANGE the channel if this crap continues!

I agree with all who have stated the amount of commercials is abhorrent. NOT only that but the constant looping of commercials. i was watching a show last night and i counted the same Lip Synch Battle commercial 4 TIMES! and Bellator 3 times and still another "Special" Lip Synch Battle twice. I can see using commercials to pay for the shows here but DAMN, this is your own #### your plugging not anyone else product!. Im out! never watching SPIKE again.

just wanted to aggre with the complant about all the meny meny meny commercials

Way too many commercials and, OMG, it's the SAME 3 COMMERCIALS! Over and over and over and over! This issue needs to be addressed and rectified A.S.A.P. Your customers, the ones that keep making you money and keep you employed, deserve better for their hard earned money! Fix your [censored]! Please.

Annoying commercials I barely watch spike tv any more all it is now is cops & bar rescue commercials like c’mon hearing same conversations every time I use to mute it now I maybe watch spike like a couple days outta month