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Episode formats, counts & runtimes · Working

Episode runtime

Also called: duration

ELI5

The intended or delivered duration of an episode.

Used in conversation

“The target episode runtime is 28 minutes, excluding end credits.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Episode runtime” in scripted television conversations or materials.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.