That's why God gave you a thumb.
When they go to commercial I hit the recall button and go to the "other show" I'm watching....
You should be able to watch at least 2 shows at the same time. It's a unique ability of the male human to be able to do this. Some can follow the plot lines of three or more shows at once....
If I hit the recall channel button and THAT channel is talking about discrete male catheters..... or Viagra..... I simply go to channel 71 ( the highest channel that I consider to be an acceptable channel to view) and start pressing the down channel button until I find something interesting.... after a few minutes I punch in the channel number I was on.....and it's back to the show. On occasion, I will spend the entire evening punching 71....down....down....down.....down..... until I get to 22 and then it's back to 71 to repeat the process.
Reminds me of this>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scpDev1qps Do not ask me why I don't go to 22 and press the up....up..... until I get to 71.... I don't know.... it's habit and that how I do it.
I stop at 22 since below that is religious.... home shopping......community....... and over the air networks..... I only go down there for the local news around 5pm...or 10pm.....
What I should do is go in to the TV channel menu and remove/delete the channels I always skip.... it would make surfing so much more efficient and quicker......