From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10gmr3e$2bgfb$1@dont-email.me>,   
   solar penguin   wrote:   
   >   
   >Daniel demanded:   
   >   
   >> On 2/12/2025 2:19 am, solar penguin wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Dumas Walker wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> But classic Doctor Who was usually 25-minutes, not 30. Remember,   
   >>> it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   
   >>> the rigid 30-minute blocks of weekday schedules.   
   >>>   
   >> What did 'they' do with all those missing 5-6 minutes?? Run Show   
   >> promotions or something??   
   >>   
   >> (No 'ads' of course!!)   
   >   
   > No, just went straight to the next programme, of course, same   
   >as they do now.   
   >   
   >Remember, this is the weekend we’re talking about, when BBC   
   >schedules don’t follow 30-minute slots.   
   >   
      
   And I still did not see a promo for the Prisoner 951 replacement.   
      
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   >solar penguin   
      
      
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