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Newsgroups: net.tv,net.movies
Subject: Re: Movies on Cable TV
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Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 18:22:03 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  1 18:22:03 1984
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> Superman III ran on HBO at 2:03 (123 min.).  If they did cut it,
> they would have probably cut it to 120 even, because during prime
> time they had lost a half hour of prime movie programming by letting
> it run over the even hour/half-hour mark.

Why would they lose a half hour of programming?  On SelecTV, if a movie
runs over, they may or may not start the next movie up right afterwards.
So while the TV guide may show Superman III starting at 9 PM, it is often
the case that it doesn't start until 9:05 or 9:10.  

Besides, there is a lot of other stuff that they can use to "fill" the
time with.  I personally would like to see more of the Rock videos (as I
don't currently have cable, and don't get MTV).