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Dramatic pauses artificially inflate episode runtimes
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
A thirty-minute quiz program actually contains about four minutes of actual trivia. The rest of the runtime is mercilessly padded out by hosts staring silently at a contestant after they lock in an answer, turning a simple 'yes' or 'no' into a drawn-out, excruciating standoff purely to hit the necessary broadcast length.
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