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In response to "That doesn't add up to normal to me. -- nm" by Qale

normal is 17 or 18 (?) minutes of commercials for a one-hour show

Posted by znufrii May 24 '10, 09:57

so, yeah. seemed like it was more for some reason though...

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Normal is 16 minutes for 60 minute show. -- nm - Qale May 24, 09:58 13
- Hmm, most hour shows are 42 minutes. -- nm - nubby May 24, 10:01 12
  - Actually EW is saying normal is 9-10.5 minutes per hour. I get being all Zen in accepting the finale, but apparently there were a hella lot of ads. -- nm - Qale May 24, 10:03 11
    - There weren't more, they just came more often. - nubby May 24, 10:06 2
      - Yeah I was thinking 44ish minutes seems about right. So the thing is they spread them out? 2 minutes show, 1 minute ads, 7 minutes show, 3 minutes ads - Qale May 24, 10:09 1
        
        I started counting, it was about 8/3 for a while. -- nm - nubby May 24, 10:11
    - That cannot possibly be right. I've never watched a non-HBO/Showtime hour-long series on DVD where the eps ran 49-51 minutes. - Ender May 24, 10:06 1
      - That's probably just national ads.....then you have the local set-asides as well. - Will Hunting May 24, 10:06
    - hour long network dramas are 41-42 minutes -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 10:05
    - I think EW is wrong here, when I watch hour-long shows on DVD, they usually time out to between 42-45 minutes... -- nm - znufrii May 24, 10:04 4
      - Maybe there is some discrepancy with local ads not being counted somewhere? -- nm - Qale May 24, 10:06 3
        
        I was just about to point out something similar... - znufrii May 24, 10:07
        
        or maybe EW is just lying! -- nm - loosilu May 24, 10:06 1
        
        Well EW does suck major donkey balls. -- nm - Qale May 24, 10:08

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