• AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    What’s crazy is if you watch shows from the 60s and 70s they can have an extra 3-5 minutes of content in a 20 minute episode.

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      8 hours ago

      when re-broadcast on television or cable, those older programs are often re-edited or literally sped-up (or a little of both) so they can have the current norm of 10-12 minutes of ad time per half-hour.