What you saw last night is SOP for AMC original series in general, whether first-run or rerun. It's the movies that get the flags over the logo bug, although I don't believe that AMC puts up snipes.
And I assume that AMC waited for costume designer Janie Bryant's credit before squeezing back, as they usually do with "Mad Men" (I've yet to watch the episode). On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:41 AM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>wrote: > Decided to keep this in its own thread rather than combining with the > "song" stuff... > > On Mar 25, 2012, at 9:02 PM, PGage wrote: > > > This was advertised as a two hour premier, but it was really a 90 minute > episode in a 2 hour slot... > > The time slot was 2 hours and 8 minutes, actually. The above almost makes > it sound like it's the first time you've ever watched commercial > television, where I don't think anything's EVER been advertised using its > running time without commercials. > > > so there were a hell of a lot of commercial breaks, some that had the > iconic Mad Men bumper, and some that did not. The regular episodes will be > 45 minutes in an hour slot, which I guess is the same ratio, and it feels a > like a LOT more commercials than previously. > > I watched Seasons 1-4 on Netflix over a few months late last year/early > this year, so this was the first time I ever watched an episode on AMC. It > actually seemed like there were fewer commercial breaks than I'm used to in > other cable shows; I can't really speak for the length of the breaks since > I was watching "delayed" via DVR and fast-forwarding through. > > I was pleasantly surprised that, at least on the HD feed of AMC, the only > graphic on-screen was a fairly understated "AMC HD" logo in one corner. > I'd been expecting a "Mad Men Season Premiere" graphic to be on-screen > throughout, along with occasional graphics popping up to promote other AMC > shows, maybe also a continuous graphic saying "#MadMen" -- is it typical of > AMC for the screen to be relatively uncluttered, or is it another > indication of Matthew Weiner's clout? > > -- > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
