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TAR 17 Start Date
mswood:
Personally I love the 90 minuet opening legs of Season 4 and 10. Enough time to get to the names and faces of the teams (especially for the general public who haven't got them down months before it airs) and enough time to showcase teams doing real tasks. Even on first legs I have liked, I feel we miss a ton, and sometimes with the two hour single episodes it seems like a little to much filler. For CBS its a win win, and expanding the footage for 90 minutes cost them a small fraction more (primarily due to more editing) and reaps them a 50% increase in revenue. And since TAR isn't really syndicated (not really) they don't have to worry about the difficulty in selling it for an off network run.
But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night).
theschnauzers:
I also like the realism CBS is giving the actual start time for the premiere. 8:30 will be a half-hour later than the normal east coast start time. CBS is pushing back the start time of 60 Minutes by a half-hour as well. And Undercover Boss is starting an hour later than normal for it that same night. (CBS won't start the new season for CSI:NY on Sundays until the following week.)
It's not clear to me what the scheduling is on the west coast (maybe a 4pm regional NFL game west coast time?), but at least we can set our DVRs with a high level of confidence that for that night, the show will start when it is scheduled to.
georgiapeach:
I like it too. This is one of the first times I remember that there is a scheduled delay for 60 minutes...it is usually just assumed. :lol:
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: mswood on July 24, 2010, 03:12:27 AM ---Personally I love the 90 minuet opening legs of Season 4 and 10. Enough time to get to the names and faces of the teams (especially for the general public who haven't got them down months before it airs) and enough time to showcase teams doing real tasks. Even on first legs I have liked, I feel we miss a ton, and sometimes with the two hour single episodes it seems like a little to much filler. For CBS its a win win, and expanding the footage for 90 minutes cost them a small fraction more (primarily due to more editing) and reaps them a 50% increase in revenue. And since TAR isn't really syndicated (not really) they don't have to worry about the difficulty in selling it for an off network run.
But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night).
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I do agree that the 90 minute premiers are the best. As stunning Iceland was, I got bored with the driving after a while and had to start Fast Forwarding.
If there's 11 legs, I hope that there's no F4 NEL. Too predictable.
TARdevotee:
So excited for a 90 minute premiere! Hour long premieres always seem so rushed to me. But I'll only be around for the first episode :( Is it sad that I'm thinking of not going on a month long trip to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam so I won't miss any episodes? :lol:
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