http://uproxx.com/tv/the-big-bang-theory-18-minutes/

If you’re still keeping up with The Big Bang Theory, which is currently midway through its ninth season on CBS, then you probably noticed something different about the most recent episode, “The Sales Call Sublimation.” As Reddit user specialkkurtis pointed out on the r/television forum, the episode was only 18 minutes and 34 seconds in length. Being that TBBT sits in a coveted half-hour slot on Thursday nights, this means that viewers were treated to a whopping 11 minutes and 26 seconds of commercials.

“I’m used to half hour comedies actually being 21/22 minutes long, but under 19 minutes seems kind of ridiculous,” wrote specialkkurtis. “I don’t remember any other such shows having such short episodes, but I have no way to back that up.”

Sure enough, a brief review of TBBT‘s official website reveals that “The Sales Call Sublimation” was in fact 18 minutes and 34 seconds in length. specialkkurtis wasn’t wrong in his personal accounting of the episode’s startlingly brief runtime.

And it's only going to get worse. The networks seem hellbent on cutting their own throats by driving viewers away with crap like a 18 minute comedy show.

Pretty soon we'll only be getting 6 minutes of the actual show and 24 minutes of commercials.

This is nothing new. There have been episodes of The Big Bang Theory with running times under 19 minutes since the 2nd season.

I guess the network hopes people won't notice.
There are definitely way too many commercials for shows that are on versus in the past.

WOW