Sped up shows on some cable channels.

[tall_guy1]

Some cable channels speed up shows to make room for ads I've noticed. FXX airs shows at regular speed. For this clip on Futurama, fxx aired it undoctored at 3:34. However, comedy central sped it up and it clocked in at 3:20!

(starts at 1:10, ends 4:30)

 

[IM42A]

I've noticed this too. That is roughly a 5% increase in speed, and would be barely perceptible to the average person, if perceptible at all --- they'd have to have something to compare it against.

This is by design --- they can do it, so they do do it --- so that they can sell more advertising.

 

[tall_guy1]

I've noticed this too. That is roughly a 5% increase in speed, and would be barely perceptible to the average person, if perceptible at all --- they'd have to have something to compare it against.

This is by design --- they can do it, so they do do it --- so that they can sell more advertising.

The theme song is more noticeable though --it definitely doesn't go that fast usually!

 

[CTListener]

I've noticed this too. That is roughly a 5% increase in speed, and would be barely perceptible to the average person, if perceptible at all --- they'd have to have something to compare it against.

This is by design --- they can do it, so they do do it --- so that they can sell more advertising.

A 5 percent increase in speed of a half-hour show, or even a one-hour show, would not clear enough time for another ad, and besides that's not how advertising is sold, on radio or TV. It's just a radio/TV geek conspiracy theory, like major market stations being on the brink of bankruptcy and turning in their licenses because of their power bills. The people who are actually in radio and television on this board have explained all this many, many times, so why do people still cling to this fan-fic version of the business?

 

[PTBoardOp94]

A 5 percent increase in speed of a half-hour show, or even a one-hour show, would not clear enough time for another ad

A 22 minute show, played 5% fast would allow 66 seconds of extra of ad time in that 30 minute time slot. It's absolutely worth doing.

 

[tall_guy1]

A 5 percent increase in speed of a half-hour show, or even a one-hour show, would not clear enough time for another ad, and besides that's not how advertising is sold, on radio or TV. It's just a radio/TV geek conspiracy theory, like major market stations being on the brink of bankruptcy and turning in their licenses because of their power bills. The people who are actually in radio and television on this board have explained all this many, many times, so why do people still cling to this fan-fic version of the business?

Well, doing the math. If 14 seconds is shaved off a 3 minute clip and the show runs 24 minutes (it was from 1999, so probably) then 14*8=112, so 112 seconds (almost 2 minutes) we're shaved off the show.
Edit: it's 3 1/2 which makes the number closer to 7, so about 98 seconds

 

[Will_H_69_9]

Some cable channels speed up shows to make room for ads I've noticed. FXX airs shows at regular speed. For this clip on Futurama, fxx aired it undoctored at 3:34. However, comedy central sped it up and it clocked in at 3:20!

(starts at 1:10, ends 4:30)

classic tactics from the company now known as Paramount Global, they and i think the company now known as Warner Brothers Discovery are abusers of this "Speed every show up to ad more ads" concept.

 

[crainbebo]

TBS has done that crap in the past several years as well. When they run Big Bang Theory reruns, the Barenaked Ladies sound like they're "speed-singing". Much faster than syndicated repeats on local TV.

See why I don't bother with cable TV nowadays? Wonder if streaming services will start pulling this crap within a few years so they can sell another 30 seconds to "LIMU EMU! And Doug"...

 

[tall_guy1]

I've noticed this too. That is roughly a 5% increase in speed, and would be barely perceptible to the average person, if perceptible at all --- they'd have to have something to compare it against.

This is by design --- they can do it, so they do do it --- so that they can sell more advertising.

I wonder how fast friends reruns on TBS are. They outright skip both the credits and intro and noticeably speed up the dialogue.

 

[tall_guy1]

For a Christmas story, they speed it up 13 percent! Funny it looks like about 15 years ago, they aired it at normal speed.

 

[Mikey Radio]

There wast also at least 1 national cable network that took grief a few years ago, because when they were running movie marathons with several movies back to back, or the same movie was shown over again in succession, as soon as the credits started rolling at the end, they'd reduce the movie to a small thumbnail in the upper corner of the screen, and fill most of the screen with ads for later programming or to feature a host telling viewers what was coming up later. They'd also speed up the credits, blowing through what would normally be about 2 minutes of scrolling credits in about 20 seconds. The picture and speed would then go back to normal as they started into the opening sequence for the next movie.

 

[tall_guy1]

There wast also at least 1 national cable network that took grief a few years ago, because when they were running movie marathons with several movies back to back, or the same movie was shown over again in succession, as soon as the credits started rolling at the end, they'd reduce the movie to a small thumbnail in the upper corner of the screen, and fill most of the screen with ads for later programming or to feature a host telling viewers what was coming up later. They'd also speed up the credits, blowing through what would normally be about 2 minutes of scrolling credits in about 20 seconds. The picture and speed would then go back to normal as they started into the opening sequence for the next movie.

That's fairly common.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Here is the syndicated version of LA law played a little faster.

Here's the same show in it's original speed.

 

[MarcB]

TBS has done that crap in the past several years as well

The last few years that TBS aired Saved by the Bell they sped up the opening theme and eliminated the singing.

ME-TV, IFC, and E! the networks that currently have the rights to Saved by the Bell air the theme song intact.

 

[IM42A]

Here is the syndicated version of LA law played a little faster.

Here's the same show in it's original speed.

I knew that Mike Post "sound" as soon as I heard it.