Last episodes screened on Central were from Season 6 (1999), still in the edited half-hour format, which concluded in 2002 (around episode 220).
Heyyy, It's the King was also shown in a shortened half-hour format with Shake, Rattle & Roll, and Undercover Elephant.
The series was a commercial half-hour format (22 minutes plus commercials), and each episode contained two self-contained 11 minute cartoon segments.
The third season of Motorz TV premiered on February 7, 2010 on television in a new weekly half-hour format.
"That's a good thing because it's been proven time and time again that the conventional half-hour format doesn't work any longer," said Mr. Grushow.
Ferguson worked on The Bill during "its most popular period" when it switched in 1987 from a series to a "soap-style" twice-weekly half-hour format.
NBC would also revert Skelton's show to its original half-hour format in place of its more familiar hour-long format on CBS.
The second season consisted of the same half-hour format of the show, but with The Inspector replaced by The Ant and the Aardvark.
In late 2007 CBS News on Logo went from broadcasting segments between scheduled programming to a weekly half-hour format.
Prior to being produced in a full half-hour format, the show aired in short 3-5 minute installments, usually at the top of the hour.