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   The Doctor to Dumas Walker   
   Re: [News] Doctor Who and   
   01 Dec 25 16:15:42   
   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <764469891@darkrealms.ca>,   
   Dumas Walker  wrote:   
   >> >No gold star for mathematical excellence for you.   
   >   
   >> >Four 24-minute episodes is just 96 minutes, so only six minutes   
   >> >needs to be cut. And that would probably be covered by the   
   >> >titles and recaps.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Format is more or less 90 minutes.   
   >   
   >For most of the 4-part serials I have watch so far, the air time has   
   > been   
   >many more minutes than 24.  Tubi does insert commercials, which pushes   
   > them   
   >over 30 minutes.   
   >   
   >Nearly all "30-minute" British shows I watch have episodes much closer   
   > to   
   >28 or 29 minutes, without commercials.   
   >   
   >24 minutes sounds more like a US TV show that is meant for a 30-minute   
   >slot, leaving time for commercials.   
   >   
      
   I prefer original formats.   
      
   >   
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