There's a reason they call it 'programming', and it's pretty obvious too. The TV isnt useful for much except the occasional fantasy show like Game of Thrones, but even then if you're watching something and are bombarded with up to 50% time spent watching advertisements, what do you think is happening? The advertisements are doing everything they can to manipulate you into buying their thing, and considering it costs a fortune to run TV ads you can be assured anything you buy that has a TV ad isn't a good deal. Why are insurance commercials so prevalent? because it's a total ripoff by some shady middleman. Why are medical ads so prevalent (in USA) because the big pharma industry is milking you for all you're worth even while telling you in their ad the 100 side effects it will have. My advice is to look for things outside the sphere of TV media, even if it's netflix you have an upgrade, and even better is to watch YouTube with adblock.