[oh8eleven]

thus decreasing content from about 42 minutes to 39 minutes.
That essentially puts the content to commercial ratio at 2:1. For every two minutes of show you get one minute of commercial. Despicable.

If you watch TV programs, say from the 70s, on Hulu, you will note that they are about 48 minutes in duration.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. BTW, I watch All in the Family once in a while and noticed it was Archie's neighbor, Jefferson, who was the real racist.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

That essentially puts the content to commercial ratio at 2:1. For every two minutes of show you get one minute of commercial. Despicable.

That's what you get with the commercial broadcasting model we have in the US. The whole business model is built on delivering eyeballs to advertisers. Programming is just a cost. And it's a cost that has risen at a time when advertisers are cutting their marketing budgets.