Golf fans were left fuming on Sunday as CBS missed a critical portion of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am’s final round coverage. The highly anticipated conclusion of the PGA Tour’s second signature event of the season began on Golf Channel at 1 p.m. ET, featuring top contenders like world No. 3 Rory McIlroy.
As per tradition, coverage was set to shift to CBS at 3 p.m. ET. However, the transition’s timing left viewers frustrated, with key moments of the tournament slipping through the cracks. With tensions already high in a star-studded field, the broadcast hiccup only added to the drama, sparking backlash from fans eager to witness the tournament’s defining moments.
Cairo said:
Just my opinion, but with all respect, I think the number of commercial interruptions on PGA telecasts is terrible.
This is why even sports like basketball have become really stale for me to watch. Endless ads. I started watching soccer and F1 3 years ago, and the no ads are amazing as a viewer. 45 minutes, half-time, 45 minutes. The only ads are at the half when you’re grabbing another beer or shooting the shit anyways.
Tennis is another good one, no ads between actual points, only when at the end of a set or game change. American sports just feel so bloated with ads; it’s nauseating.
@Finley
Soccer and F1 are my main TV sports now, in part because you get two hours with no commercials (minus half-time with soccer). I don’t watch college football or basketball outside of my team and the playoffs because the games, especially football, last so fucking long because of the commercials.
@Whit
The fact that college basketball has ‘TV ad timeouts’ is absurd to me. Oh, no stoppages long enough for an ad break? Let’s force it on the teams and players. Like I said, it’s nauseating for a spectator and totally takes both the players and fans out of rhythm. It’s why soccer has much more momentum swings in a match because the players can build and not fear an ad break to derail their progress.
@Noble
The ads are at scheduled points in the game though (unless something like injury, broken pane of glass, etc happens). After 14 minutes, after 8 minutes, and after 6 minutes left in the period. Then they jam 4 commercial breaks over each 18-minute intermission.
@Dez
It’s every 5-minute interval in a 20-minute period, but because of inconsistent stoppages what is supposed to be 5 minutes can turn into 7 if you don’t get a whistle around that 5-minute mark.
Blake said: @Dez
It’s every 5-minute interval in a 20-minute period, but because of inconsistent stoppages what is supposed to be 5 minutes can turn into 7 if you don’t get a whistle around that 5-minute mark.
‘NHL
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Commercial time-outs are taken after 4-minute intervals at the first stoppages of play after the 14:00, 10:00, and 6:00 marks in each period when both teams are at even strength.
However, there are no commercial time-outs:
After a goal
After an icing
During a power-play
During the last 30 seconds of the first and second period
During the last two minutes of the third period
Within one minute of the preceding commercial time-out
Following the goalkeeper causing a stoppage of play from a shoot-in from beyond the center line
Following a defending player causing a stoppage of play by dislodging the net (except when a penalty is assessed at that time)
Following a face-off violation
Additionally, there are no timeouts, commercial or team, granted during a shootout.
Due to these restrictions, it is possible that not all of the scheduled breaks are taken, in which case sometimes a network will take a timeout at the conclusion of the game to make up for it before signing off on the broadcast.’
@Whit
Yeah, I pay for F1TV specifically for no commercials and the content you get through the app. Definitely worth it if you watch all races. The only downside is you have to watch the pre-race on TSN if you want the international grid walk.
Cairo said:
Just my opinion, but with all respect, I think the number of commercial interruptions on PGA telecasts is terrible.
I just have YouTube TV add it to my library and skip all the commercials, NFL games too… Start watching from the beginning like an hour after it starts, stay off the internet until you’re done, happy times.
@Mal
There is no way I could watch without doing this. Skip the stupid playing through or whatever they call the split-screen thing as well. Today was pretty fun to watch, I must admit.