By the way, these days most television sets come with remotes, and every remote I've ever seen has a "MUTE" button. Mine gets a lot of work when I'm watching commercial channels--which I don't really watch all that much, spending most of my viewing time watching our local PBS affiliate. Actually, during the week, I watch one half-hour comedy on CBS. That's it.

I understand that ad agencies who deal with the broadcast industry are constantly trying to figure ways of getting around the "MUTE" button, or the "Fast Forward" button when people tape a show to watch later.

We subscribe to NetFlix and most of our couch-potato time is spent watching selected movies--or an entire television series, such as our most recent one:   BBC Scotland's "Monarch of the Glen." No commercials. Great series!

Don Firth