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The typical televised football game lasts about three hours. But according to a recent study by The Wall Street Journal, only 11 minutes of that time is actually devoted to live play. Bob Fishman is a game director for CBS Sports, the person who decides what home viewers see and when they see it. He explains how he spends the other two hours and 49 minutes of a broadcast.
This report is hardly news. As anyone who's watched a game on tape or DVR can tell you, there's nothing better than fast forwarding through all the commercials, halftime and even the 30 seconds between plays. This way one doesn't waste a whole afternoon watching the Jets blow a fourth quarter lead, just a half hour or so.
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