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Penalties for exceeding limits?

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ILoveBonusGame:
Can Price be penalized financially by CBS if its segments exceed the set time limits? I realize usually edits would take place, but what about in the event that an edit couldn't take place without affecting the outcome of the game/entire show? If a contestant refuses to reshoot a segment?

For example, Price, with all of its commericials, usually doesn't go any longer that 38.5 minutes. Could it be heavily fined for going say, 43 minutes, because edits would affect the outcome of the show?

TVC:
No fines. If the episode did not conform to time specifications, the Network would reject it.

Mallory16:
This would never happen, I'm quite aware, but theoretically, at least, could the show itself buy commercial time to make the show longer, should, for whatever odd reason, they felt it worth it?

OldPrice75:
Do they allow more time for shows with special occasions (like the 5000th show), or do they just hurry it up later?

CBSpromoman:
The Network gives the producers the length requirements.  The production company either sticks to the Network's requirements or the shows don't air.

If the producers were to try to "sneak" extra time into a show at the last minute without accounting for it on the runsheet, the end of the show would be clipped by net control.  They have to follow the clock so that the affiliates can get their midday news on the air on time.

And since the show is not live, there is no reason for them not to keep the episode within its predetermined time constraints.  We're not talking about the Masters or some NASCAR event.

You'll note that in 34 years, they've never turned in a show that deliberately went too long, so I don't think there's any real reason to worry.

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