# Final 2 episodes of Breaking Bad to run 75 minutes each **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301 "2013-09-20T12:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/1 "2013-09-20T12:50:37Z")
I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere yet. If you DVR _Breaking Bad_, make whatever adjustments are necessary. It would really suck to miss the last 15 minutes of either episode! [More info here](http://www.hypable.com/2013/09/18/breaking-bad-season-5-final-two-episodes-extra-long/). [And here](http://perezhilton.com/2013-09-19-breaking-bad-finale-episodes-extra-long#sthash.VkMonqrH.dpbs). ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/2 "2013-09-20T15:02:13Z")
Great news! Thanks for mentioning! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/3 "2013-09-20T16:00:46Z")
Yeah - inspired me to go update my DVR. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/4 "2013-09-20T18:56:45Z")
- with commercials. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/5 "2013-09-20T20:16:21Z")
Why such an odd number? A 90 min and 60 min would be easier to record. \ looking forward to see the finale. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/6 "2013-09-20T20:44:45Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Why such an odd number? A 90 min and 60 min would be easier to record. > > \ looking forward to see the finale. Wouldn’t your DVR just set itself accordingly? All the episodes so far this year have already been 64 minutes each and my DVR knows to record til the end. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/7 "2013-09-20T22:34:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Wouldn’t your DVR just set itself accordingly? All the episodes so far this year have already been 64 minutes each and my DVR knows to record til the end. It probably will; I think it depends on your cable/satellite provider and their program guide. Assuming you program your DVR by highlighting a show in the program guide and pressing “Record”, you’ll be fine if the guide has been updated for the longer running time of these two episodes. If the program guide hasn’t been updated your DVR will record for 60 minutes like it always does. The easiest way to make sure you don’t miss the last 15 minutes is to set the DVR to record the show immediately after _Breaking Bad_ as well. There’s no real down side (unless your hard drive is nearly full and you have limited space- then you need to delete some stuff). If you program your DVR manually just set the end time for 15 minutes later. ---
**Author:** ![Breen11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Breen11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breen11)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/8 "2013-09-21T03:43:04Z")
Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/9 "2013-09-24T17:48:42Z")
For what it’s worth, I purchased a season pass on iTunes, which is commercial-free. All season, the commercial-free version has been running between 46:12 and 47:21, while running a full hour on broadcast. "Granite State, while running fifteen minutes longer on broadcast, was only six minutes longer commercial-free. So two thirds of the extra length went to commercials. Given that “Granite State,” despite running opposite the Emmy’s, had record viewership, I’m guessing AMC cleaned up on ad revenues. And probably will again this Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-2-episodes-of-breaking-bad-to-run-75-minutes-each/669301/10 "2013-09-24T18:05:20Z")
54 minutes for those of us who buy our programming a la carte and ad free. I’d rather wait a day and see a program like this completely uninterrupted than wait through commercials. Sitting through a Chevy or Folger’s commercial after some of those breaks would have been intolerable. Yes, I know, zipping - just another irritating delay that the programmers foil by making the commercials and breaks random, odd lengths.