Ghosts

With the writers' strike having disrupted their normal programming, network TV has had to find other ways to fill up their schedule.  Typically, this has been by a slew of terrible game shows.  Cheap to make, all the networks have been churning these out.  And I suspect that will continue even though the writers' strike has ended.  But there are alternatives.  For example, the network that airs the US versions of Ghosts has been filling in one of their half hour gaps by airing UK episodes of Ghosts.  You'd think that would be great, but there is a major problem.  Because the UK version airs on BBC, each episode is about 30 minutes long without ads.  But the 30 minute slot on American network TV has to include ads, so every single episode has to be edited down.  And not by a small amount - by nearly a third.  And some of the editing has been shockingly bad - making for some really disjointed episodes.  I've got no idea how successful these episodes have been on US TV, but I guess it's a good thing that the show is still on - unlike another UK show on another network.  They started airing Everyone Else Burns, a half-hour Channel 4 comedy, quickly announced it's been renewed for a second season, then just as promptly pulled it from the schedule after just a few episodes.  For no discernible reason.  This is the same network that did exactly the same thing with Taskmaster a few years ago.  Crazy.