Why are TV comedies 30 minutes and dramas a full hour?

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Why are TV comedies 30 minutes and dramas a full hour?

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Nothing more than television tradition. Since the days of I Love Lucy, studios contract Situation Comedies for a half hour and dramas for a full hour because the plots on most dramas take time to build, so producers and writers agreed with studios to allow the extra 15 mins to do so.

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