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Hello,

I'm Mark and I write from Italy. I should like to translate and adapt the English Wikipedia's articles about movies and tv shows based on the DC Comics characters for the Italian Wikipedia. Could I translate this article with your permission ?

Go for it.
You don't need permission to translate articles between Wikipedias :-) Dan100 (Talk) 18:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Time travel television series

"Category:Time travel television series" is a newly-created category. There is a discussion over how much "time travel" should occur in a series before it should be included in this category. Please join the discussion in that category's discussion. Val42 19:43, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Retained "Lois & Clark"?

I live in the UK, and watched this when it was airing and I don't remember it having "Lois & Clark" in the opening credits as the article suggests. Can anyone confirm if this is actually true? ItsaBitsa 14:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

The "Lois and Clark" bit was dropped when it aired originally on the BBC - who had the title sequence altered (and not unnoticeably) to read simply "The New Adventures of Superman". On the other hand when Sky aired the series (first run of Season 4 and repeats of the previous seasons) they did indeed leave the title sequence unaltered (thus restoring the "Lois and Clark"), but promoted it only as "The New Adventures of Superman". --Rdd 20:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for the info, should the article maybe be changed to include that info? or is it pretty irrelevant stuff? ItsaBitsa 16:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More details please

I have just been perusing the other entries on Superman and all of them are very detailed and comprehensive. This one seems very thin on the ground by comparison - especially for a series that ran for 4 seasons. Perhaps it attracts a different sort of fan from the other Superman versions? Panopticon 12:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teri Hatcher

Throughout this article and on other article, the text states Teri Hatcher didn't gain as much notriety on Desperate Housewives as she did on this show. I watched both shows, and I think she has gotten more hype for her role on Housewives than on this show.

[edit] Running Time

Why is the "running time" quoted as "60 minutes (approx. 42 min)" - surely it is one or the other? - they are very different time. If the larger time is to factor in adverts then surely this is not relevant as that is a commercial desision by the broadcasting company, and nothing to do with the programme's running length... Indeed, for example when it was shoed on the BBC there were no ad breaks. Bensonby 01:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It may seem weird to phrase it that way, but yes, that's what it means. I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Canada (as is also the case in the US), it's pretty much standard to have shows divided up into half-hour or full-hour blocks (after commercials are factored in). You're right that the broadcaster is the one to handle the commercials, but that doesn't mean it has nothing to do with the program's running time. That's just how things work here.
To possibly better-illustrate the point, some shows actually have a bit of fun with themselves, and include their characters saying things like, "We'll be right back" to the 'camera', right before commercials. In general, the shows are typically divided so they'll have appropriate points in the story to break for commercials. It's very much a part of the show. Granted, that's a very commercialized, and unfortunate, way to approach creative expressions, but c'est la vie. Bladestorm 15:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I suppose thats fair enough and accurate then. Just wished to clarify something that seemed strange to me (as a British person perhaps?) - Indeed when watching American programmes on the BBC its sometimes obvious when the ad-break would have been, with a climax in music and an obvious change of scene, it can get quite entertaining. Thanks for clearing it up. Bensonby 14:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm still not seeing why it makes sense to quote a programme's running including advertisements. It's the slot time not the programme time and it can vary anyway. Certainly I don't see why the running time inclusive of an assumed percentage of advertisements should be stated first, it's not the more important of the two is it? Advertisements are very much secondary to the programme itself. It's not just the BBC besides, short of catching an occasional rerun the place you'll be seeing them is on retail, where there are no ads. TygerTyger 14:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  • From the episodes I've seen, the shows actual length minus commercials is closer to about 45 minutes. 68.59.161.22 02:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)