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To: toddlintown

I deleted SCI FI channel from my Directv channel lineup because it has too many commercials..(they turned a 1 hr Star Trek episode into 90 minutes.....that's 45 minutes of commercials!).


13 posted on 08/03/2005 9:53:55 AM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource Federal Judiciary and US Senate to India, NOW!)
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To: Kokojmudd

Sci Fi and Comedy network are commercial intense, but the Star Trek shows you are talking about mean a return of previously cut material. Years ago, when ST was first broadcast, most network tv had about 25 or more minutes of programming for each half hour, with 5 minutes or less of commercials. Now you are lucky to get 20 -22 minutes during prime time. On the non networks and during the day, it is even worse, with the commercial/programming ratio about 17/13, almost half commercials. To show a 50 minute ST episode with 10 or more minutes of commercials per half hour, Sci Fi used a 90 minute window. Some of these restored scenes hadn't been shown on TV since the series originally aired. BTW, TV Land shows programs as they originally aired, no syndication cuts.


43 posted on 08/03/2005 10:34:16 AM PDT by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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