With the introduction of the one-hour format and the move to Hollywood, abridged versions of popular films were often used as the basis for shows.
The more serious shows, especially those with a one-hour format, are still struggling to find a safe niche between popular sitcoms and reality series.
The second season premiered on January 8, 2013, with which the series expanded to a one-hour format.
The show changed to a once-weekly one-hour format by August.
The show returned to a one-hour format on August 1, 2010 and has screened every week for 52 weeks of the year ever since.
News would be expanded to a one-hour format.
Once again, season 7 will be in one-hour format.
Each is unfortunate enough to have a one-hour format, considered a handicap in lucrative syndication markets.
Eyewitness News continued as a nightly half-hour bulletin until 1984 when it was expanded to a one-hour format.
The tour could return, produced for much less, in a zippier one-hour format.