Back in the day, hard work was the norm. Now, not so much.

[Ptah]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents vs. The Office

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents



Each season of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' had 25 min
each for a five year total of 4775 minutes.

Season 1 (1955-56) 39 episodes 975 min.
Season 2 (1956-57) 39 episodes 975 min.
Season 3 (1957-58) 39 episodes 975 min.
Season 4 (1958-59) 36 episodes 900 min.
Season 5 (1959-60) 38 episodes 950 min

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office


'The Office' in five years totals 2104.5 minutes.

much snipping here:
"A typical episode for a half-hour time slot runs 20½ minutes . . .
approximately 29-minute running time for a 40-minute time slot . . .
hour-long episodes (approximately 41-minute running time . . .

The first season (2005) featured six episodes . . .
The second season (2005-06) was the first full season for the show and included twenty-two episodes. . . .
The third season (2006-07) had 23 episodes, consisting of 17 half-hour episodes, four 40-minute "super-sized" episodes, and two one-hour episodes. . . .
fourth season (2007-08) . . .production was suspended due to the 2007–2008 writers' strike. . . .
Post-strike episodes began airing April 10, ending the season with a shortened season of 14 total episodes,<62> consisting of 19 half-hour segments.
NBC ordered a fifth season (2008-09) consisting of 28 half-hour segments on April 10, 2008<70>, with a 29th episode announced in January 2009." . . .





Alfred Hitchcock Presents - - 955 minutes/season.
The Office - - - - - - - - - - - - 421 minutes/ season.



Slackers.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. There is one slight upside...

...more advertising time equals less right-wing noise machine time.

[lizziegrace]

2. But the first season was only 6 episodes

and one season was cut short. How many minutes if you take out the two seasons that skew the numbers?

:shrug:

[Ptah]

4. If you count seasons 2, 3 and 5 of the office

the average is 531 minutes per season.

[lizziegrace]

7. Still not close to what they produced years ago

Got to get all those ads in... :(

[Ptah]

8. Exactly

39 episodes of the office would be 800 minutes vs 955 for Alfred H.

[Tom Kitten]

3. we got lazy

plus our "culture" has degenerated...

[Ptah]

5. We are all slackers now?

[Tom Kitten]

6. I think I am

Someone with passion needs to come roust me out of my apartment...Most folks I've met on my out and abouts around town are just blah and not interested in things...but maybe I've just let things go too long and just come across as an eccentric weirdo...

[Ptah]

9. Do you think you are a slacker by choice?

Or has TV screwed you?

[Tom Kitten]

10. I never got into tv much, honestly...

after Walter Cronkite and the moon landing and the student riots and Kent State and Watergate and the end of responsible tv journalism...In a nutshell, I kinda blame myself for not fullfilling my potential, but for a long time I didn't know what I wanted.

[Kat45]

11. More advertising minutes are allowed per hour now than they used to be.

I can't remember when the minutes were increased (and by how much) but I remember it happening.