Marketplace used to be an excellent hard hitting look at consumer issues. In its heyday, there was no advertising and thus the show could target any product or company with impunity. Alas in recent years the show is interrupted my numerous ads, and one can presume they will not bite the hand that feeds them. The show has also taken on more of a reality game show persona, instead of hard hitting investigations. Other new gimmicks include disturbing scene changes involving shuddering or stuttering video effects, I suppose to appeal to younger viewers, but perhaps invoking epileptic siezures in the susceptible. I hope they regain what they once were!
