Television commercials will probably be around for a long time to come, since they help to defray the cost of the programming that we enjoy, and few of us would be willing to pay the subscription fees that would be necessary if advertisers didn’t pick up the tab.
Some commercials are inane (business owners and CEO’s starring in their own commercials), some are annoying (“Head-on”), and some are clever and entertaining (e.g., the Geico “caveman” commercials.) However, most of them are pretty straightforward in terms of their message: “Buy our product because it is better.”