Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too soon

Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by pwinnski on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:56AM (#24777191)

I can't find any links for this off-hand, but I think the last time commercial time was increased was in the 1980s.

"One-hour" shows have been 42 minutes long on US TV for decades now.

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by lkbm on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:42AM (#24777880)

I recall it changing when Star Trek: Voyager was on the air -- at least for Voyager.

Looking at Amazon Prime, seems the episode length changed from 46 minutes to 44 minutes going from Season 5 (1999) to Season 6 (2000).

(What I was remembering was 47 to 45, but this is a vague memory of a Usenet post I read twenty years ago.)

EDIT: Also, I should note that Voyager was on Fox. If you're talking about NBC specifically, I have no data.

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by olyjohn on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @12:57PM (#24778836)

Voyager was on UPN. Maybe in some areas where there was no UPN station, the local Fox station picked it up.

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by lkbm on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:39PM (#24781327)

Ah, you're right. I forgot UPN even existed. Thanks.

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by pwinnski on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:49AM (#24777978)

Good point, it's likely different for different networks.

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