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Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#1: Jan 29th 2014 at 8:41:54 PM

Post things that should be TV Network law!

For example a show should only be allowed to take one 2 week hiatus a season.

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stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#2: Jan 29th 2014 at 8:43:46 PM

That's not counting the normal midseason break, right?

Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#3: Jan 29th 2014 at 8:46:03 PM

You get one 2 week break. Use it wisely.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#4: Jan 30th 2014 at 8:15:02 AM

I hate mid-season breaks in general, especially when they are longer than the break between the actual seasons. Either show it in one go (though I don't mind short interruptions for holidays and the like) or make it two seasons instead of one.

But there are even worse things, and most of them happened with Grimm. A network shouldn't:

1. Do an overly long promo for the pilot which spoils the plot for the whole season

2. Do promos for an episode which show scenes from the episodes after it

3. Do promos which spoil the twist ending of the episode (or show the cliffhanger)

4. Change the airdate so often and make so many breaks that the audience doesn't get more than three episodes in a row

5. Allow the executives to meddle with the writing.

Windona Since: Jan, 2010
#5: Jan 30th 2014 at 12:59:14 PM

TV networks shouldn't put the show in hiatus 10 hours before a new episode is supposed to air.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#6: Jan 31st 2014 at 1:23:52 PM

They also should be ending a season with a cliffhanger without confirming that there will be another one (or even worse, ending the show with one).

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#7: Feb 2nd 2014 at 9:45:15 AM

Ads taking up half the screen during a show are not okay.

You know what, even if they aren't that big, they are not okay.

Come to think of it, having anything besides a small, non-intrusive station logo, tucked into one corner of the image, is not okay.

edited 2nd Feb '14 9:46:21 AM by Catfish42

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#8: Feb 2nd 2014 at 9:48:37 AM

Reruns should be aired in the original order.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#9: Feb 2nd 2014 at 1:24:36 PM

The end credits of movies shouldn't be cut off. Especially not if there is one last scene at the very end of them.

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