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Question about TV Running Times
I have two questions about updating running times for a tv-series.
1) The submission guide states that "Running times should be rounded to the nearest minute," For a series I am updating the official web page for the series provides official running times, but all of them is rounded down, isteas of to the nearest minute. Which time should I use the listed time or the exact running time for the episode.
2) I have noticed that most series have a running time listen on the main page for the entire series, as well as for individual episodes. I was wondering how this running time is decided when individual episodes are of different lenght.
1) The submission guide states that "Running times should be rounded to the nearest minute," For a series I am updating the official web page for the series provides official running times, but all of them is rounded down, isteas of to the nearest minute. Which time should I use the listed time or the exact running time for the episode.
2) I have noticed that most series have a running time listen on the main page for the entire series, as well as for individual episodes. I was wondering how this running time is decided when individual episodes are of different lenght.
gromit82
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10 years ago
1. If the running times on the show's official site are incorrect (off by one minute in some cases), then use the actual running times, rounded to the nearest minute. That is, if the episode is 26 minutes, 59 seconds long, and the official site says that's 26 minutes, you should submit the more accurate time of 27 minutes instead.
2. As stated at https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/guide/running_times, "The running times for TV-series should be the duration of one episode, not the whole series." That rule was set up for regular television programs which have to fit into a specified time slot and thus have a standard duration for most or all of their episodes. But if you are dealing with a made-for-Internet series where the episodes don't have a standard length, I would recommend that you just submit the running time to each individual episode and leave the series running time blank.
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