In TV shows, why are the credits 5 minutes in, instead of at the very beginning? That never made sense to me. Is there a logical explaination?
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What you are describing is known as a "cold open" - jumping into the story of a show before running the opening credits.\n\nThis practice was not popular until the 1990's, although some earlier shows have been doing it since the 1960's.  The intent is to hook you into the show from the start (often by having some kind of cliffhanger at the end of the opening scene) so you won't change channels - thus why this type of opening used to be called a "teaser."
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Must have been a real small part.  On other sites, they don't even give him credit in the movie.  I have a copy of it somewhere.  I'll see if I can dig it up.\n\nUpdated- It is him on the TVa s soon as the movie opens.  Its kinda blurry, but in the end credits he is the first one listed.
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Well I took it just to mean that just basically replace Mark with David and vise versa in all the scenes. So in the episode where Becky meets Mark, it is actually David. I didn't like the ending. I seem to remember hearing that Roseanne just wanted to end the show "her way" and that was the result. It was suppose to be a sit-com and the last episode made me sad and depressed. Dan dead? No lottery? Bllahhh -- horrible end to a pretty good show.
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In the UK, channels like channel 4 often do this as they include short 5 minute programmes at times in their scheduling (things like viewer voxpops, short animations etc) - but the other channels don't follow suit and you normally still have something starting on the hour or half hour. The BBC use their weather bulletins to make up any time problems with scheduling, they'll be very short or very long if something in the timing has gone wrong and they need to make up or waste a bit of time.
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they probably tell them 2 so the show lasts longer, its a good show tho ;)
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I guess it's supposed to last as long as the producers or writers want.  Basically, they'll probably make it last as long as necessary.  For example, in Dawson's Creek, I noticed that the Joey-in-love-with-Dawson story arc lasted for one season.  That was probably to create suspense among viewers and keep them tuning in to see "Will they or won't they?"
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I didn't see the preview last week for this week's show.  They should have involved all parties in the episode since it was the final.\n\nTancredi needs to cut her hair a little shorter if she doesn't want to be recognized.\n\nThe only surprise is that these two keep evading custody!  It's just a little much when the show goes to great lengths to be realistic.  I am just confused as to how a lock goes undone at Link's feet and how the keys happen to be left in the seat.  I must have missed something, because that just doesn't make sense.  Mahone or Kellerman didn't have access to the transport vehicle to plant the keys.  Are we supposed to believe the keys accidentally fell out of the pocket of the guy?  I could understand that if everyone was in on it, but if everyone was in on it, Mahone would have been able to ride with the prisoners.\n\nOh well, still love the show.
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Hope this helps you.  This is the complete credits (songs not on Soundtrack included)
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The commercials say that 20 friends win the lottery.  To me, that sounds like the cast will be too big and will cause characters to get lost in the story line.  Also, with such a specific amount, depending on if they took that as a bulk sum or spread out between 20 years...how much money did each one actually get?  The show sounds like it will be interesting for about 2 episodes...after that no one will care what kind of pricks money will make these "friends" turn into.
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ABC are *still* yet to schedule episode 10 of season 5 of Alias, even 10 weeks (!) after episode 9 screened. I can only suggest you keep your eyes on the website.
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It is Networks and it is the Delay. It has nothing to do with Cable. If you are using a Sunday Ticket type broadcast maybe BUT the games are still carried on NETWORK TV. It doesn't matter if they are on Cable or no Cable it is NETWORK on Fox and CBS. They do add the delay for live broadcast and it DOES have to do with the FCC. The NETWORK stations have to follow FCC Decency rules and use the delay to bleep anything they need to bleep.
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Try to put the closed captioning on during that part of the movie.  If not, look at the end credits for it.  Sometimes the title of the song has nothing to do with the words, but you could try to listen to the songs on-line (like the samples before you buy) to confirm it.
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SO shocked. I hope it is just a ratings thing. The title of the show was "Hiatus". Won't be the same!!!
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The commercial I saw said you could buy the "finale" on dvd. Nothing was mentioned about the special. (If it was included on the finale dvd I would think it would have been mentioned on the commercial.)
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I think you've under-estimated the problem. They could shorten it to half an hour and still make as many laughs as they do now!
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Paying for the music gives you personal rights to its use. Generally, that doesn't give you any rights to redistribute it to others. \n\nAs to the 8-seconds, it sounds like you're talking about application of the Fair Use provisions of Copyright law. These are tricky, and it's always a fuzzy area what constitutes Fair Use. Most courts still haven't come down with a bright-line rule on this issue.\n\nAnecdote: I did something similar a while back, for the equivalent of a blog (before blogs were called that). I contacted the legal/licensing department of whatever TV network or studio produced the show. Then I explained briefly that I wanted to use small clips of the music for a non-profit commentary on the show and asked what the licensing requirements are.\n\nThere is also another angle you can try. If you are broadcasting your podcast, you might be able to qualify for the mandatory broadcast licensing provisions of the copyright code. Again, this is a complex area of law and you should do a lot of research (and/or find an attorney) before trying to claim this as a defense.
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It means that the company sponsored the show.   They payed lots of money for their commercials to be shown during the show that is on.  This is how TV makes money,,,,,, the commercials.  Thats why there are so many.....