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Re:The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video] by thesuitonym on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:33AM (#32938547)
The NFL is the most ridiculous two hours of television in the US. I don't really understand why people put up with the amount of ads they shove into a game.

There was service years ago--maybe it's still around--from one of the TV networks that would cut a whole game into 15-20 minutes, mostly be not showing any ads during the game, and cutting out all of the commentary/standing around.

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Re:The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video] by rkangel on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:06AM (#32938917)
The on-air duration of an NFL game is actually closest to 3 hours. It's 2 to 2.5 hours when shown without ads.

The NFL GamePass service that you can subscribe to (how I mostly watch the NFL from outside the US) offers 'Game in 40 minutes' (sometimes called Condensed). It just cuts from play-to-play-to-play. It's a great way to be able to watch a couple of other NFL games in a given week (fits nicely into a lunch break), but I do actually miss the proper commentary. Good commentary teams are very helpful in breaking down what happened in the blur of action that is each play.

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