[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 06:52 AM\'] Most primetime shows in the '60s ran 25 or 26 minutes. Now, you're lucky to get 22. That's why so much editing has to take place when stations air reruns of '60s sitcoms. [/quote]
I know these '80s numbers off-hand from closed-captioning these shows in recent years: "Hill Street Blues" episodes ran 50 or 51 minutes, and "Dynasty" episodes ran 48 minutes. These days, one-hour shows tend to run between 41 and 44 minutes. (ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," for example, ran about 42 minutes...one minute less on GSN.)