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Take Two

Cable channels speed up reruns to fit in more commercials

By Take Two Staff
Published Feb 20, 2015
An example of how TBS speeds up 'Seinfeld' reruns.

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Cable channels speed up reruns to fit in more commercials
If you're watching TV and it seems like a show is going just a little faster? You're not nuts. Some cable channels are speeding up shows to fit in more commercials.

Everything in life seems like it's speeding up these days.

Cars, smartphones, news... and if you're watching TV and it seems like a classic show is going just a little faster? You're not nuts, some cable channels are speeding up TV shows... to fit in more commercials.

Joe Flint wrote about this for the Wall Street Journal and he joins Tess Vigeland to talk about it.