Supernatural

I meant to do a topic about this yesterday but forgot.

Did anyone notice that they took thier 2nd commercial break right in the middle of a sentence? It looked really silly on screen. Why dont they just take the commerical breaks at the places where the US do instead of being so random?

Also, I notice this is no longer being shown on ITV1 in the Monday 11pm slot which is a shame as its a great series. The first episode was fantastic. I guess its not popular enough for ITV1?

Well on the Monday 11pm slot is WAG's Boutique, replayed from ITV2. It sounds like a right pile of rubbish however, but that's my view from when I've saw the adverts (also it's not my type of TV!) With regards to Supernatural it sound's excellent from what I've heard about it - however I have not had time to watch this programme.

Blame OFCOM, or at least the idiots who complain to OFCOM!


US programmes are generally divided into seven parts, with the first part, ending with the titles - and last part, around 3-4 minutes and the middle five parts around 7-9 minutes.


UK broadcasters used to take a break after part 2 and then usually after the third part and then after the fifth - but this often meant the second part was as short as seven minutes long, which technically breaks OFCOM's 20-minute rule.


So it's a choice of taking the breaks in the middle of a part, or as is being increasingly done, take the first break after the titles and then play parts 2 & 3 and 4 & 5 as one - which though strange at first is the best solution IMO.

I always thought Supernatural peformed well in the monday night 11pm slot, but i may have been wrong. Unless itv are trying to keep some exclusive content for itv 2, or maybee they will take SKY's approach and show it in about 6 months on itv 1.

It's currently being shown on Mondays at 11pm on UTV in place of network programming. They are repeating the first series because if IIRC it was pulled from UTV mid-way through its origianl run due to the Insight/Tonight with Trevor McDonald clash.

I can understand that, but it was still stupid taking a break right in the middle of a scene (in the middle of a sentence infact!)

As for it being shown on ITV1 - well as it was in the graveyard 11pm slot if it got poor viewing figures what do they expect.