ABSTRACT

The study examined the assessment of audience perception of commercial break. The study adopted survey method of research design and a sample size of 400 that was derived from study population of 3301,657. Questionnaire was the main data collection instrument used for the collection of data. Data collected were analysed in simple percentage. The finding of the study showed that most of the audiences perceived commercial breaks to be so distraction and for such should be discontinued in TV programme. It was also observed in the findings that the audiences have various perception toward commercial breaks and irrespective of the various perceptions the audiences still perceive it to come at beginning of a programme if at all the commercials have to be aired.it on this ground that the study recommends that TV commercial programme presenters should design commercials in such a way that it will not distract the audiences’ form watching and listening to other TV programme and at the same time commercial breaks should come at the beginning of programmes in order to enable the audiences to concentrate on TV programmes other than commercials.