Lauren WeinsteinI generally try to avoid old TV shows being streamed if they're not presented ad free, but this is not always possible. It does demonstrate at least some care when the ads are inserted in the PROPER places as they would have been during the original airings, rather than just randomly interrupting the shows in the middle of scenes as some services do. The latter should be criminal.
C.Agreed re: the automated slice-n-dice insertion of commercials into programs at arbitrary points. Directors were (maybe still are?) pretty careful about making sure the commercial breaks were timed to narrative breakpoints (well, the reverse, really).
I normally detest 90+% of ads. But I might not actually mind watching them in old shows like this if the commercials were made in a period-appropriate style for the show. Probably an idle fantasy; brands aren't going to make more different ads just for particular ad slots.
