Christmas Commercials 2013

Finally, at long last, you get to see the number of Christmas commercials that aired last year before the official start of the Christmas season. For the first time, there were commercials in September. Even this late in January, there are still Christmas commercials (at least they aren't for later this year). The number has skyrocketed to an all time high. I've never seen a number like this before. And yet, it  might not be the highest it will ever be. Hopefully, the over counting I did makes up for the under counting that I also did. I have a bunch of crazy rules regarding Christmas commercials too. Some don't count and some count as many times as you see them air, even though their the same commercial. Regardless, I will include the information from last year as a comparison. Prepare to be shocked by the vast number of times they want to shove Christmas in your face before Thanksgiving is over. And they had to start these commercials as soon as they were done with back to school commercials (and back to school already happened for many people).

In 2012 the official count of Christmas commercials before October was 0. The official count before Halloween was 27. The official number of commercials before the official Christmas season started on the Sunday after Thanksgiving is 200.

I realize that last year’s number may have been a bit off since there were some I forgot to report on. And this isn’t my second year counting the number of Christmas commercials but the number of the years before was lost. I became the only member of the facebook group where I kept track of that sort of thing. But since facebook decided to remove all the members because of their new format at the time which is probably outdated now, I deleted the group that since I was the only one left and I didn’t want to have a group that isn’t used for most of the year anyways. Hopefully, it never would have been used for most of the year, even though I have still seen Christmas commercials airing in January. Also, I don’t know if December 1^st or the first Sunday after Thanksgiving is typically the start of Christmas season, but I’m going with whatever comes first. This year, it just happens to be at the same time. I don’t know if December 1^st ever appears sooner or not.

I think that it was around 90-99 the first year I counted, 123 the second year, and 246 the next two years. Then it dropped to the 200 that I reported from last year. In 2013, the first Christmas commercial aired on September 9 when school hadn’t started for many people, the television season was still in its summer shows and the fall ones had yet to premiere, autumn hadn’t even started yet, and Christmas isn’t for another three months. Five commercials (the same one that many times) aired in September. The official count before Halloween was 30. The official count before the Sunday after Thanksgiving was 600. That's triple the number of times it was last year. I'll continue to post this list every year. I don't really care if people are interested in it or not. I'm just amazed at the vast number of Christmas commercials that air before the Christmas season begins.

Silver Globe Awards 2013

On the night of the Golden Globe, I thought that I would post my picks for the self created Silver Globe Awards of last year. Sorry that I haven't gotten around to posting the Christmas commercials that aired before December of last year, but I will. I'm not done counting at we have beaten the all time high by twice as much as needed. As always, I promise more blog posts soon. Note: Since both the Emmy awards and the Golden Globe awards offer best drama and best comedy, I thought that I would to, but only because I disagree with a lot of what they have nominated. I have decided not to include shows nominated by the real award shows, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem considering all the stuff I typically nominate anyways. So I'm doing best drama and best comedy like I have sporadically in the past. I am not nominating what the real people nominated and a show is not nominated for both best comedy-drama and either best comedy or best drama. Here are the nominees. Expect the winners later.

Best new show (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hostages, Sleepy Hollow, The Crazy Ones, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Best one season show (The Jeff Probst Show, Emily Owens MD, Go On, 1600 Penn)

Best cancelled or ending show (1600 Penn, The Jeff Probst Show, Go On, 30 Rock, Smash, Futurama, CSI: New York, Body of Proof, Happy Endings, Touch, Emily Owens MD)

Most screwed show (The Family Tools, Touch, Private Practice, Body of Proof, 1600 Penn, Friend Me, Smash, Up All Night)

Best theme song (Bones, Law and Order: SVU, Community, The Big Bang Theory, CSI, Blue Bloods, Sleepy Hollow, Hawaii Five-O, Futurama, Elementary, NCIS, Family Guy, The New Girl, CSI: New York)

Best idea for a show (Touch, Whose Line Is It Anyways?, Shark Tank, Law and Order: SVU)

Best series premiere (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Sleepy Hollow, The Michael J Fox Show, Hostages)

Best series finale (Touch)

Best cliffhanger ending (Law and Order: SVU, Grimm, Castle, Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-O, CSI, The Neighbors, Nikita, Bones)

Best cliffhanger resolution (Law and Order: SVU, Hawaii Five-O, CSI, The Mentalist, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest)

Best cast (Castle, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, SNL, Futurama, Family Guy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, CSI, Grimm, Whose Line Is It Anyways?, Law and Order: SVU, Parenthood, Go On, The Big Bang Theory, CSI: New York)

Best writers (Jimmy Kimmel Live, Law and Order: SVU, Parenthood, SNL, 30 Rock, The Late Late Show, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, CSI: New York, Touch)

Best editing (Parenthood, Touch, Family Guy)

Most interesting show (Sleepy Hollow, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, SNL, Whose Line Is It Anyways?, The Late Late Show, Law and Order: SVU, Parenthood, The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife, NCIS, Survivor, Once Upon a Time, Primetime: What Would You Do?, Touch)

Best music in a show (SNL, Family Guy, The Simpsons)

Time well spent award (Touch, Futurama, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, Law and Order: SVU, Whose Line Is It Anyways?, The Late Late Show, SNL, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: New York, Primetime: What Would You Do?, Survivor, Family Guy, Emily Owens MD)

Most memorable (Whose Line Is It Anyways?, SNL, The Late Late Show, Touch, Family Guy, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, Survivor, Law and Order: SVU, Parenthood, 30 Rock)

Most underrated TV show (Bones, Hart of Dixie, Nikita, Emily Owens MD, Bob's Burgers, The Crazy Ones, Touch, The Middle, Primetime: What Would You Do?, Body of Proof, Happy Endings, CSI: New York, Community, Grimm, Parenthood, Go On)

Best retooling of a show (Body of Proof)

Why was it a midseason replacement award (Touch, Body of Proof, Community, Smash)

Best comedy-drama (Bones, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Go On, Emily Owens MD, Castle, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Groundbreaking show (no nominees)

Best comedy (Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Happy Endings, Raising Hope, The Crazy Ones, The Middle, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The New Girl)

Best drama (Touch, Once Upon a Time, Almost Human, Sleepy Hollow, Person of Interest, Body of Proof, CSI: New York, Law and Order: SVU, The Tomorrow People, CSI, Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods)

Best show on CBS (The Big Bang Theory, CSI, Elementary, The Good Wife, NCIS, Survivor, The Late Late Show)

Best show on ABC (Jimmy Kimmel Live, Castle, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Shark Tank, Body of Proof, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Best show on the CW (Hart of Dixie, Nikita, Whose Line is it Anyways?, Emily Owens MD)

Best show on NBC (Community, Grimm, Law and Order: SVU, Parenthood, Go On, The Michael J Fox Show, 30 Rock, SNL)

Best show on FOX (Touch, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bones, Sleepy Hollow, Family Guy)

Best PBS special (Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas)

Best show on any other network (Futurama)

Best syndicated show (The Jeff Probst Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Doctors)

Best show on television (nominees pending)

These were either nominated by the Golden Globes or the Emmys so they aren't included in my awards for best drama or comedy. (Comedy can't have The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation, or 30 Rock) (Drama can't have the Good Wife)