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Author: justanotherrandomlurker

Nov 8th 2014 at 8:34:53 AM

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''[='=]s fourth, fifth, sixth, and tenth season premieres were originally hour-long episodes that were later split into half-hour two-parters for reruns; similarly, Season Seven originally had an hour-long ClipShow that was also split into a half-hour two-parter in syndication. Of course, the GrandFinale was a two hour (minus commercials) TV movie.
* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' was frequently having more and more hour-long episodes as the series progressed, though people were starting to complain about the frequency of them, not only because they were just going to be split into half-hour two-parters for syndication anyway, but the hour-long episodes were mostly filler that contributed nothing to the stories.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', like ''Series/{{MASH}}'' occasionally did hour-long episodes every once in a while, and they two were split into half-hour two-parters in syndication; two of these were {{Clip Show}}s, while another was the GrandFinale. As far as running time goes, all episodes originally ran for 22 minutes (which was standard practice at the time), except for, "The Yada Yada," which originally ran 26 minutes with limited commercials.