I totally agree with both Alan and Andy. I don't watch commercials any more ever since I got TiVo. The only exception is, like Andy, Super Bowl, where I do the reverse. Skip the game and look for funny and entertaining commercials. The 2005 4-hour Super Bowl was distilled down to 2 and half minutes of memorable commercials.

Sometimes I like commercials, too. But I also like the option of skipping over the ones I don't care about.

I agree completely with Alan. I have had TiVo or UltimateTV (before I became part of the TiVolution) for about 4 years now. Unless it's the Super Bowl, I try to avoid commercials if at all possible. Oh yeah, Blame Canada!

After owning a TiVo for a year I refuse to watch anything that isn't TiVoed. I hate commercials just that much. If all commercials were as entertaining as Scott Colbourne reports, it might be a different story. Either way it doesn't make "Globe and Mail" sound good if it reports that commercials are entertaining. How good could it be?

Canada does have rules that stations must air a specific percentage Canadian content, but they are very crafty at finding ways to get around that. Although there have certainly been some successful primetime Canadian shows, a lot of the cancon seems to air during day time, or during unpopular weekend slots. The majority of evenings are still dominated by US shows. Except for the CBC (public broadcaster), of course, which airs minimal US content compared to the others.

RE: "most Canadian shows are imported" I thought Canada had laws about showing mostly domestic shows on their stations. I don't know if it's true, but I also can't figure out why I would think that if it weren't.