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• foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yup! Pull down a torrent of a current season broadcast TV show and check out how long it isn’t.

  52 minutes was the length of shows in the 60s and 70’s. This is why it’s almost impossible to see uncut episodes of the original Star Trek on a cable channel, let alone a broadcast one…

  It was already all but impossible to find when I cut the cord in '99.

  Looking at the commercial TV cable channels - I have the first 8 seasons of The Walking Dead… they run from 43 to 51 minutes in length (though the longer ones appeared in the 8th season (?) - was that when the channels started overlaying ads during the credit rolls? I know that’s a thing.)

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    huh i always thought they just sped the broadcast up 10% or so. almost imperceptible unless you’ve got good pitch.

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