Sometimes the United States government is accused of being a nanny state, overstepping its bounds in the so-called name of protecting its citizens.

Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., has now pushed through a bill that I can get behind. I’ve been begging for this sort of legislation for years. And now it has come to pass. Hallelujah!

It will finally be CALM when I watch television. Thanks to Rep. Eshoo’s Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, the FCC will force broadcasters to lower the volume on commercials to be within a closer range to the programming the ads interrupt. Though they are loved by plenty of NFL fans, Peyton and Eli Manning commercials will also be subject to the new regulation. Super Bowl ads, you too must comply. Apparently I wasn’t the only U.S. citizen offended by these disruptions. A Harris poll from about a year ago indicated that 86 percent of people responding felt commercials were way too loud compared to the TV shows.

In the very near future, when I’m watching television in bed at night while my significant other is snoozing, the loud commercials won’t abruptly and jarringly end slumber. That means I’ll stay out of the doghouse for having the television on too loud. It’s a win-win situation.

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