On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't remember it that way at all. Yes, the shows were formatted so that > the first part of the hour was the police perspective and then the 2nd part > was the courtroom side of the story, but I've seen many episodes where the > timing of the two halves (for lack of a better word) couldn't be shown in > half-hour episodes, as one or the other got more than the 20-22 minutes that > would make up a syndicated half-hour show. And even if they could, there's > no way they could be shown as stand-alone half-hour episodes. One half of > the story wouldn't make any sense without the other. This is the first time > I've ever heard anybody theorize that the one-hour originals were intended > for half-hour episodes in syndication.
I remember hearing the theory back in the day, but I also remember noticing many weeks that the show wouldn't cut properly. Beyond the initial speculation, which may or may not have originated with NBC or Dick Wolf, there was never another word about it. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
