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A growing TV cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos

Quick ReadA growing cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos get in the way of your favorite TV shows

NEW YORK (AP) — Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions.

Someone who thinks, "Thank you, network people, for those useful, informative announcements that block what I'm watching to tell me what I'm watching, or tell me what I could be watching next, which will then be blocked by reminders of what I could be watching...

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