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Best Week Ever found this 5/15/2008 on www.variety.com [flag]
'Remote-Free TV' benefits 'Fringe,' 'Dollhouse' Fox is cutting commercial time next season on its two biggest new dramas. J.J. Abrams' "Fringe" and Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" will air through out next season with limited commercial interruption. Dubbing the initiative "Remote-Free TV," Fox plans to run half the usual amount of commercial and promo time during both shows. That means just five ... [link]

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Published 5/15/2008 by Dan Hopper at Best Week Ever
... DECOMMERCIALIZATION: Fox is introducing limited commercial interruptions for some of its new fall dramas, aiming for only five minutes of commercials during the hour-long shows. Whew -- should make skipping the commercials on DVR a whole lot easier. (Variety) ...

Dollhouse To Be Personality, Advertisement Free [Remote-free Tv]
Published 5/16/2008 by Graeme McMillan at io9
... and change the channel... We need to give viewers new reasons to come to network TV. [Also, it] gives extra attention to the show, and helps series when they go to DVD, foreign and syndication. Being the cynic that I am, I can't imagine that this is quite as straight forward as it seems. I give it three episodes maximum before we start seeing Elisa Dushku telling her fellow dolls how awesome the new Pontiac handles during even the most intense chase sequence. New Fox dramas to limit commercials [Variety] ...

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