Network TV makes me crazy with the programming and the commercials so I prefer to watch some of my favorite shows on my computer.  Admittedly, I'm addicted to House, M.D.  After growing tired of watching the same House episodes twice, I've started watching Hell's Kitchen.

There is only one commercial advertisement for each episode on Fox.  At first the commercial was a relatively benign ad for Visa check card with catchy music and a cute storyline.  It's pretty smart advertising if you think about it.  The same commercial runs over and over again.  Repetition embeds it into your memory even if you hit mute and surf the net while it's running.

The worst commercial on Fox is for Microsoft Office PowerPoint.  The storyline is about buying PowerPoint for your child to do a school project that gets an outstanding grade.  The music is juvenile.  The most obnoxious part is that the commercial stops then offers you a number of buttons to click to REPLAY IT!  To return to your show, you have to find the very small print above the ad that says, "click here to continue in ____ second."

I cringe every time my show stops and the PowerPoint commercial begins.  I hit mute.  I hide my face.  I complain about this being the most obnoxious marketing I have ever seen.  I dislike it so much I sent an email to Fox.  I am so annoyed that I'm blogging about it!