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In Reply to: I don't see a big idea there... posted by Rich on November 19, 2002 at 22:09:21:
Your point is well taken, but the shows themselves are shorter than they were years ago. A program today will run 22 minutes without the commercials on free TV. Ten years ago, they went about 23 minutes plus, 15 years ago, they ran close to 24 minutes, and from the inception of TV up to about the late 70s, all shows ran 26 minutes. It may not seem like a big difference, but the extra four minutes can really give the creative team liberties and allow them to conduct an expanded opening sequence and longer, more readable credits at the end of the show. The pacing of the program itself wouldn't have to be rushed, either.I look at it as an alternative to HBO, which not everyone can have access to anyway. HBO is about ten bucks a month on top of what we already pay for basic cable/satellite. If it's priced cheaply enough, I think more people will get a chance to see the show. In addition, you get the ability to pause, go back, skip forward etc. in high quality Component Video, as opposed to dithered down VHS/Tivo quality.
Anyway, I welcome some more opinions on this. It's a bit out of the box, so I might expect some opinions either way.
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