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LUNCH · 04-29-2013, 02:00 PM

In your country when TV channels show re-runs of older programs do they edit them at all? Do they still show full closing credits on TV shows? Do they have things like pop-up ads and other screen clutter during the shows? Do they do things like speed up the shows so the picture and sound is a little off? Even though these questions are specifically for people outside the US,all answers from everyone of course are appreciated.

bookandfilmnut · 04-29-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LUNCH

In your country when TV channels show re-runs of older programs do they edit them at all? Do they still show full closing credits on TV shows? Do they have things like pop-up ads and other screen clutter during the the shows?Do they do things like speed up the shows so the picture and sound is a little off? Even though these questions are specifically for people outside the US,all answers from everyone of course are appreciated.

I'm an American, but I spent 6 years living and working outside the US, in Europe and Asia. I used to watch MASH dubbed into German on tv stations from Germany, and since I know every episode of that program like the back of my hand, I can say that I never noticed any scenes that had been cut out. However, some of the translation was not quite exact, some of the jokes had been "Germanized" I guess. Also, I had the experience of watching Hogan's Heroes dubbed into German. In that case, they changed the title so that it translated as "A Cage Full of Heroes", and for some reason they gave Newkirk a stutter. Since it is illegal to say "Heil Hitler" in Germany, they usually changed the greetings when the Nazis saluted each other to something like "The corn grows this high!"

Now, I can't say if they edit out parts of their own reruns or not.....

zypherix · 04-29-2013, 04:59 PM

Sweden here, and nothing edited here to my knowledge. Not even old shows.

DSfan · 05-01-2013, 02:16 AM

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Sweden here, and nothing edited here to my knowledge. Not even old shows.

In Canada, there's no butchering of theme songs or closing credits. I doubt the episodes are totally unedited like a DVD would be, but they're not crappy versions like TBS or TV Land does now. Sitcoms are probably approximately 22minutes like the American channels used to air them until everything became all obsessed with commercials and everything.

LUNCH · 05-07-2013, 01:34 PM

What a difference between how television shows are presented on these countries TV channels when compared to American TV channels!! Or rather what American TV channels have become.It's obvious that,for the most part when you watch or record an older show on TV in lets say Sweden,(just being one example) you see everything you'd see if you had the DVD of that program.

waichingliu81 · 05-10-2013, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LUNCH

In your country when TV channels show re-runs of older programs do they edit them at all? Do they still show full closing credits on TV shows? Do they have things like pop-up ads and other screen clutter during the shows? Do they do things like speed up the shows so the picture and sound is a little off? Even though these questions are specifically for people outside the US,all answers from everyone of course are appreciated.

when TV channels show re-runs of older programs do they edit them at all?

not that i know of

Do they still show full closing credits on TV shows?

yes

Do they do things like speed up the shows so the picture and sound is a little off?

no

Yong Fang · 05-12-2013, 05:06 AM

I have watched a lot of Chinese television with my wife here in China. To me, the programming is different than in the USA. One thing is lots and lots of big stage variety shows in front of huge audiences. Musical performances are also big. Then there are historical dramas, some talk shows, soap opera like show, news and other assorted drivel.

What is annoying in the performance and talk shows is the use of sound effects. Just weird sounds of buzzers, whistles and other noise to keep the watcher attentive. I honestly hate that. Then everything here (in life and TV) is LOUD, loud talking, loud sound affects, people cheering and yelling.

There is a lot of advertisements on many of these shows while the show is on. "Crawl" type messages on the bottom and the side of the screen. Also, there are many websites here that steal programming from the USA (Chinese love The Big Bang Theory

) with the crawls, advertising and crap.

I do like these websites because I can watch content. For some reason, there is this ASININE rule/law that disallows streaming of content outside the United States. Pisses me off. I wanted to watch some clips from last week's SNL just to get that dreaded 'Content cannot be streamed in your area" BS. It is not like I cannot just go to my site (not Chinese) and just watch the whole show!

Furienna · 05-13-2013, 11:26 AM

It seems like shows aren't edited that much over here in Sweden. As a matter of fact, it must be really annoying over there in US, when you know that you don't get the complete episode.

LUNCH · 05-16-2013, 01:19 PM

It's more than annoying. The way most American TV channels edit older shows especially, makes them un-watchable in my opinion.For example a 26 minute program made in the 1960s is often edited down to about 18 minutes or so to show a ton of extra Commercials. I think if people in countries like the UK,Sweden and a number of other countries etc. saw a live broadcast/feed of a typical American TV station they would be shocked at how bad many American channels have become.

loaferman · 05-16-2013, 01:43 PM

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It's more than annoying. The way most American TV channels edit older shows especially, makes them un-watchable in my opinion.For example a 26 minute program made in the 1960s is often edited down to about 18 minutes or so to show a ton of extra Commercials. I think if people in countries like Sweden,the UK and a number of others countries etc. saw a live feed of a typical American TV station they would be shocked at how bad many American channels have become.

I don't always want to be bothered with getting a dvd and will just watch a show that is already on. I am amazed at how some episodes almost make no sense now with edits but the commercials are so long you forget what you are watching half the time anyway. I hear reference to things in some episodes and think "what are they talking about" obviously something was cut but referenced later and at the end you don't get the joke - because you can't.
I was watching a DVR episode of King of Queens from TBS (I think) last night and they had the end of one episode in the small box while the next episode was already starting on screen. I am kind of getting tired of 4 or 5 episodes in a row also. If a channel is showing a program you don't like you can pretty much rule that channel out for the next couple of hours.

Regulus · 05-16-2013, 03:48 PM

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I don't always want to be bothered with getting a dvd and will just watch a show that is already on. I am amazed at how some episodes almost make no sense now with edits but the commercials are so long you forget what you are watching half the time anyway. I hear reference to things in some episodes and think "what are they talking about" obviously something was cut but referenced later and at the end you don't get the joke - because you can't.
I was watching a DVR episode of King of Queens from TBS (I think) last night and they had the end of one episode in the small box while the next episode was already starting on screen. I am kind of getting tired of 4 or 5 episodes in a row also. If a channel is showing a program you don't like you can pretty much rule that channel out for the next couple of hours.

The way my DVD Player is set up it's right next to my seat, so all I have to to is reach over and insert/change disks. And you're darn right about the commercial breaks and the block/marathon method of programming. I've been cord-free for 6 1/2 years, and I don't miss it at all!

LUNCH · 05-23-2013, 10:40 AM

I'm curious about the amount of TV advertising allowed each half hour in countries that do not or hardly edit older TV shows. I'm referring to the commercial TV channels,not the commercial free channels like the BBC etc. Afterall limited commercial time is the clear reason they do not edit the programs... What is it about 4 or 5 minutes per half hour?

zypherix · 05-23-2013, 10:52 AM

Its not really limited in Sweden, channels can show both old and newer shows, having commercial times from anything to 3-4 minutes per half hour up to 9 or so minutes for newer shows. Sadly they do show more current shows to push more commercials on the viewer.

loaferman · 05-23-2013, 01:44 PM

Interesting information on TV Land's "off clock" programming for extra commercials
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art...ts_Content.php

Furienna · 05-23-2013, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LUNCH

I'm curious about the amount of TV advertising allowed each half hour in countries that do not or hardly edit older TV shows. I'm referring to the commercial TV channels,not the commercial free channels like the BBC etc. Afterall limited commercial time is the clear reason they do not edit the programs... What is it about 4 or 5 minutes per half hour?

5 minutes per half hour sounds about right.

04-29-2013, 02:00 PM	#1
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	A few questions for people who do NOT reside in America about television? In your country when TV channels show re-runs of older programs do they edit them at all? Do they still show full closing credits on TV shows? Do they have things like pop-up ads and other screen clutter during the shows? Do they do things like speed up the shows so the picture and sound is a little off? Even though these questions are specifically for people outside the US,all answers from everyone of course are appreciated.
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05-07-2013, 01:34 PM	#5
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	What a difference between how television shows are presented on these countries TV channels when compared to American TV channels!! Or rather what American TV channels have become.It's obvious that,for the most part when you watch or record an older show on TV in lets say Sweden,(just being one example) you see everything you'd see if you had the DVD of that program.
	Last edited by LUNCH; 05-16-2013 at 12:45 PM.

05-16-2013, 01:19 PM	#9
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	It's more than annoying. The way most American TV channels edit older shows especially, makes them un-watchable in my opinion.For example a 26 minute program made in the 1960s is often edited down to about 18 minutes or so to show a ton of extra Commercials. I think if people in countries like the UK,Sweden and a number of other countries etc. saw a live broadcast/feed of a typical American TV station they would be shocked at how bad many American channels have become.
	Last edited by LUNCH; 05-16-2013 at 02:55 PM.

05-23-2013, 10:40 AM	#12
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	I'm curious about the amount of TV advertising allowed each half hour in countries that do not or hardly edit older TV shows. I'm referring to the commercial TV channels,not the commercial free channels like the BBC etc. Afterall limited commercial time is the clear reason they do not edit the programs... What is it about 4 or 5 minutes per half hour?
	Last edited by LUNCH; 05-23-2013 at 02:58 PM.

05-23-2013, 01:44 PM	#14
loaferman Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 23, 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 642	Interesting information on TV Land's "off clock" programming for extra commercials http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art...ts_Content.php
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04-29-2013, 04:59 PM	#3
zypherix Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 734	Sweden here, and nothing edited here to my knowledge. Not even old shows.

05-12-2013, 05:06 AM	#7
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	I have watched a lot of Chinese television with my wife here in China. To me, the programming is different than in the USA. One thing is lots and lots of big stage variety shows in front of huge audiences. Musical performances are also big. Then there are historical dramas, some talk shows, soap opera like show, news and other assorted drivel. What is annoying in the performance and talk shows is the use of sound effects. Just weird sounds of buzzers, whistles and other noise to keep the watcher attentive. I honestly hate that. Then everything here (in life and TV) is LOUD, loud talking, loud sound affects, people cheering and yelling. There is a lot of advertisements on many of these shows while the show is on. "Crawl" type messages on the bottom and the side of the screen. Also, there are many websites here that steal programming from the USA (Chinese love The Big Bang Theory ) with the crawls, advertising and crap. I do like these websites because I can watch content. For some reason, there is this ASININE rule/law that disallows streaming of content outside the United States. Pisses me off. I wanted to watch some clips from last week's SNL just to get that dreaded 'Content cannot be streamed in your area" BS. It is not like I cannot just go to my site (not Chinese) and just watch the whole show!

05-13-2013, 11:26 AM	#8
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,277	It seems like shows aren't edited that much over here in Sweden. As a matter of fact, it must be really annoying over there in US, when you know that you don't get the complete episode.

05-23-2013, 10:52 AM	#13
zypherix Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 734	Its not really limited in Sweden, channels can show both old and newer shows, having commercial times from anything to 3-4 minutes per half hour up to 9 or so minutes for newer shows. Sadly they do show more current shows to push more commercials on the viewer.