Well, what's the running time for them on DVD?

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 11:53 PM)

Are you sure? Because the Perry Mason's I have are all about 52 minutes long, and that's the late 50's early 60's. By the 70's I'd figure they'd be down to around 47, or 48 minutes. Because by TNG's time, they're about 44 minutes.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 12:44 AM)

They changed it from 52 to 51 in 1966 when all network shows went to color (there were a few that were already). The running time reduction was to help with the additional expense of color. In the mid and late '70s inflation caused the running times to be shortened. Every once in a while after that they kept reducing further.
The Next Generation should've been longer than 44 minutes (at least the early seasons). Back in the '90s one of the stations aired older TNG episodes uncut, but cheated by speeding up the footage. They wouldn't have had to do that if they were only 44 minutes. At that time syndicated shows ran at 45 minutes (although some local channels aired shows at the original syndicated running time of 47-48 minutes).

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 03:33 PM)

Well, the TNG episodes were 44 minutes plus. Like 44.35. So rounded up is like 45 minutes. L&O Criminal Intent, by the 2000's were about 42 minutes long.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 10:25 PM)

Absolutely with the 2000s running time, but I'd be suspicious of the Next Generation (particularly the early seasons).

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 01:53 PM)

I never heard nothing about them being the syndicated versions, or incomplete in any way. TNG was a syndicated show to begin with.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 01:00 AM)

Yes, but the first season of War of the Worlds (also syndicated and released in 1988) was longer than 45 minutes. The sci-Fi Channel had to edit the reruns to fit it into their 45 minute running time.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 03:10 PM)

I don't know what to tell you.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 06:56 PM)

Evidence tells me that at least the earlier TNG discs are missing footage.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 03:27 PM)

You're just assuming, however. I've never heard any complaints from people on the TNG board about it.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 10:22 PM)

People are just too trusting. They're the ones doing the assuming - thinking that it's a given that if it's released on disc must mean that it's unedited.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 11:03 AM)

Partly true. However..have you ever met a Trekkie? They're the biggest nerds on earth. If something was missing, they'd know it.
RIP Gene Wilder. RIP Barbara Hale. You were great in Perry Mason. RIP William Christopher.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 11:43 AM)

My own evidences that I've mentioned have me quite suspicious.