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4. For a 30 minute show there's usually 22-24 minutes of programming

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:13 AM

Feb 2015

For a 1 hour show it's usually 42-44 minutes. Though, yeah, there seems to be more commercials than programming.

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Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads – Consumerist [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

I thought I was losing it. hollysmom Feb 2015 #1

ooooo! good! Howler Feb 2015 #2

Television is a dying medium. Advertisers will have to Lint Head Feb 2015 #3

True. Lint Head Feb 2015 #8

For a 30 minute show there's usually 22-24 minutes of programming sakabatou Feb 2015 #4

BBC America has edited content Ilsa Feb 2015 #6

One nasty thing they do is fadedrose Feb 2015 #7

I noticed this!!! daredtowork Feb 2015 #9

This is why I record all my basic cable and network shows. Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #10