commercial break
Advertising interrupts programming
A commercial break is an interruption in television or radio programming for advertisements.
Programs pause at scheduled intervals—typically every ten to fifteen minutes—while sponsors' messages air: We'll be right back after the commercial break.
The term reflects how advertising time is structured into discrete segments rather than scattered randomly.
- adPromotional message
- advertisementPaid promotional message
- availPractical benefit gained
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- spotMark or location
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- TV lingoon air, off air, showrunner, cliffhanger, cue
- Audio Advertisingjingle, radio spot, TV spot, promo, bumper
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, advertising campaign
- breakbreakaway, breakdown, breakout, breakthrough, breakup
- broadcast televisionnetworks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox
break, commercial, commercials, commercialized, commercialize, commercially, commercialism, commercializing, uncommercialized