I don't subscribe to broadcast TeeVee, but I watch The Rachel Maddow Show every day, without fail. I do it when it is convenient for me, and I do it with the ability to control all of the offensive advertising. And it is also completely free to me for all of the control that I enjoy in watching her show. The way I do it is by watching her show on the Internet. Usually, her show comes to the Internet about one hour after it has been broadcast on the TeeVee air waves, and you can count on each show being available for you to watch for about one week after the date that it first airs.
Her Internet shows also run repetitive, obnoxious and insulting advertisements after almost every news segment, but I usually just turn the volume down on my speakers and then do whatever other business I have to do. Usually I have to pee because of the effect of the diuretic medicine that I must take due to a condition of my heart. So I would say that the advertisements that are run on her show last for about as long as it takes for me to pee (which may in itself be symbolic). It is also possible for me to pause the Internet broadcast in cases where I may need to answer the telephone, or read an important email that just came in. I can also go back and listen to any show segment over again so as to make absolutely sure that I am on the same page as she.
The computer monitor screen I have is a huge Apple Cinema (which has been adapted to run on PC) and it has a screen resolution that is better than most TeeVee screens, so I am confident that the images that I watch are at least as good as the TeeVee broadcast medium.
I am offended by almost all advertising that I encounter in my life. I don't know you, but I would imagine that the level of aggravation that I experience by being subjected to advertising must at least be on a level with yours, and this is how I have solved the insult of being subjected to it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#46863020
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