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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by dexterdog on Friday December 22, 2017 @05:06PM (#15991295)
If you're watching it in syndication it's probably either cut or sped up (or both) to squeeze in even more commercials. The intro and credits combined are about a minute on that show as most 30 minute shows are.

I don't complain about the speeding too much as I watch most shows are 1.5x and cut out the commercials so a show with 18 minutes of content takes 12 minutes.

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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by flavor8 on Friday December 22, 2017 @05:30PM (#15991461)
I could see speeding up shows to 1.5x if I was a reviewer and was watching them for work. But speeding up your entertainment seems strange to me. It'd be like ordering French Laundry to go.
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by lostlogin on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:09PM (#15991652)
For those with a level of cultural awareness like mine, French Laundry seems to be a flash restaurant in Napa valley, California.
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by dmode on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:00PM (#15991931)
This made me laugh. French Laundry is like a cultural institution in California cuisine and is actually located in Yountville. I have never been there though. Have a tough time dumping $1000 on single dinner
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by briandear on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:49PM (#15991878)
It's an AMAZING restaurant in Napa -- Thomas Keller's the chef and it's the culinary equivalent of an orgasm.
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by bauerd on Saturday December 23, 2017 @08:09AM (#15994025)
Is it really $310 per head?
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by sdenton4 on Saturday December 23, 2017 @11:23AM (#15994791)
Yeah, but just the tip is more.

(I'm sorry.)

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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm... by fwn on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:13PM (#15991676)
The entertainment density is often very low.

It doesn't work this way for content that tries to communicate a specific mood, but for slapstick humor chains like BBT, more jokes is just funnier than less jokes per minute.

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