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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 274838" data-attributes="member: 23">I wonder if the episode length had anything to do with this being the first shown. The Telefilm and Pilot run around 95 minutes each for a 2 hour slot with adverts. Season One&#039;s episodes are 75 minutes to fill a 90 minute slot. Season Two seems to be a mixture of both lengths, as are the following seasons.Because of this, it must be a difficult show to syndicate in a regular slot of a specific length, sometimes with little room to change the running time. I imagine this means they&#039;d need to skip some episodes.Yes, absolutely. There are a few little tweaks as the episodes go on, but it&#039;s all essentially there in the first episodes.I know what you mean. There was the note that Jim had made about the method (which Columbo found very easily), but it&#039;s all tenuous and nothing that Ken couldn&#039;t have tried smooth talking his way out of. Because of the lack of evidence, he had to confess at that moment or there&#039;d be no denouement. But whether someone like Ken actually would have confessed in the face of fairly flimsy evidence is another matter.Yes, it&#039;s an impressive opening and really sticks in the mind. I loved the choice to use the diegetic typewriter sounds as the &quot;music&quot;. It worked so well as a soundtrack that I didn&#039;t even question how it sounded until I saw the typewriter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 274838, member: 23"] I wonder if the episode length had anything to do with this being the first shown. The Telefilm and Pilot run around 95 minutes each for a 2 hour slot with adverts. Season One's episodes are 75 minutes to fill a 90 minute slot. Season Two seems to be a mixture of both lengths, as are the following seasons. Because of this, it must be a difficult show to syndicate in a regular slot of a specific length, sometimes with little room to change the running time. I imagine this means they'd need to skip some episodes. Yes, absolutely. There are a few little tweaks as the episodes go on, but it's all essentially there in the first episodes. I know what you mean. There was the note that Jim had made about the method (which Columbo found very easily), but it's all tenuous and nothing that Ken couldn't have tried smooth talking his way out of. Because of the lack of evidence, he [U]had[/U] to confess at that moment or there'd be no denouement. But whether someone like Ken actually would have confessed in the face of fairly flimsy evidence is another matter. Yes, it's an impressive opening and really sticks in the mind. I loved the choice to use the diegetic typewriter sounds as the "music". It worked so well as a soundtrack that I didn't even question how it sounded until I saw the typewriter. [/QUOTE]

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