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HowButWHAT?? Fox To Run DOLLHOUSE and FRINGE With Only Five Minutes of Commercials Per Episode??

I am – Hercules!!

Now this is what I call Cool News.

Normally the networks run about 15 minutes of commercials and promos per hour.

From a piece by Paul J. Gough and James Hibberd in Friday morning’s Hollywood Reporter:

Both "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" would have network commercial loads of about five minutes per hour, about half the usual. The commercial pods would also be shorter and they would have about half the promo load as well.

Is it too much to hope ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW adopt a similar strategy?

Read all of the Reporter’s story on the matter here.


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ABC, do this with LOST!!
by KnightShift
May 15th, 2008
11:05:02 PM
Product Placement?
by fedrich519
May 15th, 2008
11:05:06 PM
That's pretty cool news.
by nalapou
May 15th, 2008
11:06:08 PM
omg KnightShift
by nalapou
May 15th, 2008
11:07:58 PM
15? more like 20
by Holodigm
May 15th, 2008
11:09:31 PM
that is fucked up
by nalapou
May 15th, 2008
11:17:30 PM
we're talking FOX, there's a catch
by TaraLivesOn
May 15th, 2008
11:31:27 PM
fedrich, I agree
by necgray
May 15th, 2008
11:36:45 PM
nalapou re: Twin Peaks
by KnightShift
May 15th, 2008
11:38:33 PM
Truman show
by Iron-kong
May 15th, 2008
11:49:43 PM
fewer commercial for more money
by jccalhoun
May 15th, 2008
11:57:47 PM
As long as they don't...
by Wungolioth
May 16th, 2008
12:17:26 AM
another interesting thing in that article
by oisin5199
May 16th, 2008
12:26:51 AM
Oh, excellent.
by SilentP
May 16th, 2008
12:51:36 AM
Gotta love the BBC
by Lloytron
May 16th, 2008
02:10:24 AM
Dollhouse is
by Mezzanine
May 16th, 2008
03:08:09 AM
"the next tent pole series for FOX"
by crayon
May 16th, 2008
03:22:38 AM
Dollhouse
by David Cloverfield
May 16th, 2008
03:23:22 AM
This could mean one or more of three things
by photoboy
May 16th, 2008
03:32:02 AM
"Next Tent Pole Series"
by rosasaks
May 16th, 2008
03:35:51 AM
yes, this is cool news but not nescessarily good news
by newc0253
May 16th, 2008
03:38:07 AM
Cool news, but not realistic...
by Mr. Profit
May 16th, 2008
03:39:13 AM
re: David Cloverfield
by snowpuff
May 16th, 2008
04:53:23 AM
snowpuff
by David Cloverfield
May 16th, 2008
05:06:16 AM
actually its more like 18 mins per hour
by palewook
May 16th, 2008
05:59:05 AM
I'll believe it when I see it
by Mullah Omar
May 16th, 2008
06:35:16 AM
"Next Tent Pole Series"
by Jack Black
May 16th, 2008
07:16:59 AM
I've seen this sort of thing before and they ruin it
by Yeti
May 16th, 2008
07:26:15 AM
This is NOT good.
by Abin Sur
May 16th, 2008
07:56:44 AM
Dollhouse? I like it better when it was called JOE 90
by Mace Tofu
May 16th, 2008
08:24:59 AM
As Opposed to LOST
by nam0krut
May 16th, 2008
08:49:43 AM
Well, nobody is watching Fox's bad shows anymore
by godzillasushi
May 16th, 2008
08:52:07 AM
I'll just wait for the DVDs
by SmokeFilledTavern
May 16th, 2008
09:02:20 AM
Good idea, but whats the catch.
by The Pelti
May 16th, 2008
09:30:11 AM
Commercials? Ha! I time-shift all programs and zap.
by kabong
May 16th, 2008
10:24:12 AM
I think it's a great idea
by _Maltheus_
May 16th, 2008
10:50:50 AM
Advertisers are catching on...
by Christopher3
May 16th, 2008
11:00:40 AM
You know, it kind of makes sense.
by cookylamoo
May 16th, 2008
11:02:25 AM
Three posts about DOLLHOUSE in two days.
by ZeroCorpse
May 16th, 2008
11:20:32 AM
Fuck you Zerocorpse
by password.swordfish
May 16th, 2008
11:28:08 AM
This is terrible, don't you see what this will do?
by DrEdwardMorbius
May 16th, 2008
11:32:57 AM
what are these "commercials" that you speak of?
by punto
May 16th, 2008
11:35:03 AM
oisin5199
by punto
May 16th, 2008
11:43:09 AM
Tivo's done this.
by Cameron1
May 16th, 2008
11:44:08 AM
Aww... Did I hit a nerve, swordfish?
by ZeroCorpse
May 16th, 2008
11:52:27 AM
Little bit
by password.swordfish
May 16th, 2008
12:21:37 PM
TaraLivesOn, I agree with you...
by codymr
May 16th, 2008
01:15:33 PM
+ GIVE ME FREE GASOLINE 4 A YEAR.
by alice 13
May 16th, 2008
01:29:14 PM
If it affected all of Fox's shows it'd be a big deal
by Mr Spork
May 16th, 2008
03:04:25 PM
Current 1hr tv shows have 18-20 minutes of commercials
by RokurGepta
May 16th, 2008
04:13:16 PM
what's the big deal about product placement?
by punto
May 16th, 2008
04:23:07 PM
Not commercials, PRODUCT TRAILERS
by SoylentMean
May 16th, 2008
04:25:14 PM
Not as big a reduction as headline implies
by Ceryle
May 16th, 2008
04:38:11 PM
"Watch out, Dollhouse! They're chasing us in a 2008 Mazda MX-5!"
by TallBoy66
May 16th, 2008
04:38:48 PM
Joss and JJ need to swap
by Chester_Desmond
May 16th, 2008
04:43:05 PM
product placement and DOLLHOUSE TRAILER
by filmfanatic1
May 16th, 2008
05:29:34 PM
15 minutes?
by kilpack
May 16th, 2008
10:30:59 PM
ha...bullshit
by bacci40
May 16th, 2008
11:03:57 PM
trailer looks good
by bacci40
May 16th, 2008
11:20:43 PM
Used to be about 8 mins per hour standard
by Antz
May 17th, 2008
06:57:31 AM
Cameron1, "pop ups" is why I wait more & more for DVD
by Big Dumb Ape
May 17th, 2008
11:05:09 PM
useofhisswhat??
by fanboy71
May 18th, 2008
09:56:19 AM

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