I'm so annoyed by the logo on HD network channels

[Bobby Henderson]

I'm a graphic artist, and even I find those on screen "bugs" annoying. I've quit watching certain TV series altogether because of overly intrusive in-show ads.

FX channel was really bad about that for awhile. Some noisy promo for Rescue Me or Dirt would buzz on the screen in the middle of another TV show or movie. My knee jerk response is to change the channel. I'm sure that's not the marketing effect the "suits" desire from that spam.

The way I see it, those bugs, ads and screen-hogging tickers are just as much a distraction as some idiot tool farting around with his phone in a darkened movie theater. No one should have to tolerate that nonsense.

"Time shifting" and DVR use may pose real problems. But those broadcasting and marketing folks are getting paid quite a bit money -enough that they should be able to come up with creative solutions to get viewers to stick around during the commercial breaks.

It's already torture enough to watch a movie or TV show on some cable networks. They'll stretch a 2 hour movie into 4 1/2 hours of broadcast time with all the commercials they run. How about a 5 minute block of commercials to go with every 4 minutes of your movie!? No wonder DVRs are so popular.