You can use the adverts to refer to the interval in a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown. After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal. = commercials. an advertisement. to mention something
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; with to; as, he adverted to what was said
An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company = ad, advertisement
If you say that an example of something is an advert for that thing in general, you mean that it shows how good that thing is. This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice. = advertisement