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Why has the average running time of a half-hour television show decreased from about 25 minutes to less than 21 minutes in the past few years?
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∙ 12y ago
to be exact, almost all tv shows made after id say 1998 have been about 21 minutes, and this change occurred because America over the years has been becoming more and more money driven, ur losing show time to commercials, marketing goes very deep and overall it benefits all of the people involved in the show except for the viewer who in turn is just the gunea pig who feeds into these commercials while never knowing our shows are getting shorter and we're feeding into tha consumer position, it all goes back to marketing and corporate America trying to milk its citizens for all theyve got
basic version: its cheaper to make shorter shows and allows for more commercial time. everyone gets paid xcept the viewer
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