# On Demand: "The Making Of..." Is Not A Movie!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-the-making-of-is-not-a-movie/551116>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 23, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-the-making-of-is-not-a-movie/551116 "2010-08-23T00:36:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-the-making-of-is-not-a-movie/551116/1 "2010-08-23T00:36:15Z")

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Not exactly pit-worthy, but it annoys me when I go to HBO’s “On Demand” feature and there are the list of **current movies** , and sometimes it seems like 1/3 of them are little featurettes of the making of films coming soon.  
They should just have their own section on behind-the-scenes, or whatever, and slap those little ad/blurbs in there.

Also, is it just me or have the pickings started to become slimmer and slimmer when looking through premium channel On Demand films - both from HBO and Showtime. They used to have a large selection, but now you are lucky to get a couple dozen films, tops.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-the-making-of-is-not-a-movie/551116/2 "2010-08-23T00:39:46Z")

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I actually enjoy “The Making of…” documentaries. I watched all of the Dexter, The Tudors, and Nurse Jackie ones.

However, I do have an issue with them packaging them in 2 to 5 minute increments so that you have to keep selecting them. Would it be so hard to just put them all together with different chapters?

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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-the-making-of-is-not-a-movie/551116/3 "2010-08-23T07:00:09Z")

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I agree that making of should have it’s own section, however, if you select “all” it should be included.

That said, HBO has a much larger selection available than Showtime on demand.