Country Music Television

I know. You're concerned. Why am I watching the above? While I admit, some of the show they have on are entertaining, there are a few that make me cringe. The same can be said of VH1 and MTV as well. But I don't want to talk about the shows. I want to talk about the commercials.

Yes.

I watch VH1 and CMT in the morning as I get ready for work. I want to listen to the music. I used to listen to the radio, but there isn't a lot of music there. It's always talk about "What is your most embarrassing moment? Bet it can't top Brittany's!" or "Gas price. Love them or hate them! Next caller!" (I confess, that is actually from a car commercial, but it's on the radio in the commercial). You get the idea. I want to listen to music while I drink my coffee, not a story. So the 2 above stations will play 2 videos in a row. Then a long string of commercials. But, because there are 2 stations, I can flip between the 2, and generally miss all the advertising.

I have been watch CMT this morning, and, I kid you not, I have seen the Lipozene commercial 10 times. I counted. Every commercial break, there is a Lipozene commercial. Every break.

I went to the website to say, "Quit calling us fat! It Saturday, ok! Save the self esteem commercial for the work week!". But they do not have a "contact us" button, drop down, whatever. They have blogs, but I don't think its appropriate to start a thread about this on the "Gone Country" blog. (But let's be honest, Sisqo was robbed!). But what is up with this? I flip over to VH1, and MTV (which kills me, I swear my I.Q. drops 10 points anytime I watch more than 10 seconds on that network), I even will watch MTV2, and none of these networks, which are all part of the MTV family, have this commercial on with the frequency that CMT does.

What are we supposed to think? I know its all about the money, but come on! Do they really think we're not going to notice how often its on?

I need a doughnut......