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People have been complaining about ad time for years and nothing happens. People from other countries think our ad duration is insane. In the US it's about 9 mi
by Clubber 8y ago
People have been complaining about ad time for years and nothing happens. People from other countries think our ad duration is insane. In the US it's about 9 minutes of commercials for every 30 minute slot, so roughly 1/3rd. Plus, commercials will disrupt a 30 minute show slot 3-4 times.
You can do some analysis on iTunes. When I look up "Leave it to Beaver," which came out in the 50s?, it was 4.2 minutes per 30 minute show, so it has more than doubled. You can tell by the run time of the show: 25:38 for Beaver vs 21:00 for Pawn Stars.
Some syndicated shows have been sped up slightly and edited so stations can add more commercials.