TBS Speeds up SEINFELD by 7.5% to Add 2 More Minutes of Commercials

Authored by collider.com and submitted by fyflate89

Networks will do anything to squeeze in more commercials. They’ve started new episodes during the credits of the previous episode. They’ve plastered ads at the bottom of the screen in the middle of the episode. Now they’re playing dirty by speeding through the episodes just to get in a few more minutes of precious ad time.

An intrepid Seinfeld fan [via reddit] noticed that everyone’s favorite show about nothing seemed to be running slightly faster. To check, he compared the airing of a recent episode to a digital recording of the same episode from ten years ago on the same hardware. He found that the show was running 7.5% faster, which amounts to freeing up two minutes of ad time.

Watch the video below. Can we finally get all of Seinfeld on a streaming service?

homersworld on April 4th, 2020 at 18:07 UTC »

I remember when this was posted five years ago. Spot on comment from /u/CrimsonPig:

George: You're never gonna believe it Jerry, they're speeding up our show 7.5% just so they can have more ads!

Jerry: So what? It's not like they're cutting stuff out, it's the same show.

George: It's the principle of the thing! They think they can do whatever they want with our show just as long as they make more money. It's insulting!

Kramer: I think it's a good idea, that way you have 7.5% more free time.

Jerry: You're not actually saving time Kramer, it's still 30 minutes with the ads. Besides, what do you need to save time for?

Kramer: Oh, I'm busy!

I hope you don't mind me re-posting it, mate

AshleyIRL on April 4th, 2020 at 16:13 UTC »

I've noticed with American Dad and Family Guy, aired on TBS, during musical numbers it will be sped up. Maybe it's actually sped up the entire episode, but it's very noticeable to me during the musical portions.

02K30C1 on April 4th, 2020 at 15:51 UTC »

That’s an extra three Yadas per episode!