On Mar 3, 1:56=A0pm, Fred Ellis <fkel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> OneKeyShortOf88 wrote:
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> > On Mar 2, 6:38=A0am, PuddinTame <Puddin_T...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > By my calculations, without commercials, recent episodes are just a
> > > bit over 42 minutes. Didn't they used to be closer to 45?
>
> > > Over 1/3 of the hour is devoted to commercials now?
>
> > Actually no - if the hour was more than a third commercials then the
> > show would be less than 40 minutes.
>
> > Here is the length of the last four webcast shows (not enhanced):
>
> > The Constant - 43:34
> > Eggtown - 43:31
> > The Economist - 43:31
> > Confirmed Dead - 43:34
>
> > One difference - Eggtown, the Economist and Confirmed dead each had 59
> > second 'previously on Lost' segments (included in the total time) -
> > the Constant did not - so you actually got an extra minute of show
> > this last week
>
> That's strange, here are the run times I got for those episodes after I
> edited out the commercial breaks from my DVD recordings.
>
> The Constant - 42:27
> Eggtown - 42:27
> The Economist - 42:27
> Confirmed Dead - 42:28
> The Beginning Of The End - 42:30
>
> Fred Ellis
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Just relaying what was on the screen in front of me - however there
generally are 4 break points in each webcast episodes where a single
sponser gets a 15-20 second spot. Perhaps that explains the difference
then. Thanks. :)


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