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IT Crowd isn't BBC, though...
by larrik 6y ago
IT Crowd isn't BBC, though...
- organsnyder 6y agoI think their point is that shows that were produced with ads in mind simply play through with no gaps (similar to how ad-free streaming services play them). How do they schedule the shows to account for the odd lengths?
- dingaling 6y ago> How do they schedule the shows to account for the odd lengths? Certainly up through the 90s the 'big ticket' and imported shows started on the hour or :30 and everything else slotted around that. Secondary programmes often started at :50 or :15 as a result. https://www.transdiffusion.org/content/uploads/2016/10/19991116-110.jpeg https://www.transdiffusion.org/content/uploads/2016/10/19991... If timings were really awkward they would pad five or ten minutes with a short filler about hot air ballooning or pottery making or somesuch