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Originally Posted by Aries
Someone screwed up and got the time wrong by a few minutes. It happens.
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That's certainly true, but it sometimes happens "accidentally on purpose." This past season, "Lost" chronically ran several minutes past 10 e&p/9c; one week, it was nearly
eight minutes over. Could it be that the network asked the producers to tack on another five minutes or so -- or was it because ABC made much more money on advertising during "Lost" than on commercials during "Life on Mars"/"The Unusuals?" I'm not a betting man, but if I were, my chips would be on the latter.
ABC isn't alone -- Fox is about the same, and NBC has been known to dabble in this as well. Haven't seen CBS or CW do it, though.
