system
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human
ELI5: What exactly happens when a television commercial abruptly cuts out in the middle of its air time and another commercial plays after?
gpt
Some people buy ads from the national channel, some buy it from the local channel. If you notice, the vast, vast majority of ads that have this issue are shitty, locally produced ads that cut in over ads for big, national companies. So, basically, the local channel is selling ads over the space that national distributors may have sold - but explicitly sold with the knowledge that these ads may be oversold in local markets.