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Why doesn't CBS make this an hour long show?

posted 2 years ago by Jes' Sayin' (6041)
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Once you deduct the ads, an episode's running time is only about 18 minutes now. Why not double it to 36 to at least have enough time to decently tell a story?

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10790) 2 years ago

Nah, sitcoms are generally 30 minutes. If they try and make it too deep it will plod.

"Seinfeld" and "Big Bang Theory" can't fill an hour, what makes you think "Young Sheldon" can?

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6041) 2 years ago

How do we know they can't? They never tried. Besides, did you read? It's not an hour. It would only be 36 minutes. That's closer to the 30 minutes they had back in the Honeymooners days than it is to an hour.

Also, just remembered that Seinfeld had some two-part episodes. On the DVDs you can watch these as single episodes. They hold up fine in that length.

[–] Kowalski (61993) 2 years ago

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[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10790) 2 years ago

"The Office" is not a sitcom. But we know you want 24-hour Sheldon, Sheldon.

[–] TheArgentinian (6579) 2 years ago

Ever heard about this thing called "pace"?

[–] jk90us (5623) 2 years ago

Networks don’t produce hour long “sitcoms.” Though there are hour-long dramedies like Monk and Psych.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6041) 2 years ago

The thing is, this show, by introducing things like the unplanned pregnancy, leaving the church, infidelity and so on, is pretty much a dramedy now.

[–] jk90us (5623) 2 years ago

It’s a sitcom with emotional and dramatic situations.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6041) 2 years ago

Have some extra hairs here, if you'd like to split them as well!

[–] kenburke (2298) 2 years ago

Sitcoms are best suited to half hour viewing.

[–] BKB (6728) 9 months ago

Probably because that's all most viewers can handle is 18 minutes of this which is really milking the Big Bang Theory for everything it's worth now isn't it?? Gee?? Will Penny or Leonard get their own spinoff based on when they were kids??

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6041) 9 months ago

Disagree. The show is funny in its own right for huge numbers of people, even if not your personal cuppa tea.

[–] moviechatterer (13776) 9 months ago

Futurama made their half hour comedy show longer. It didnt work too well.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6041) 9 months ago

Cannot comment. Never really watched it. But I bet it had not gone down as low as 18 minutes.

[–] PaladinNJ (20434) 7 months ago

I don't think it could hold an audience for an hour.