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Yesterday, I came across an update that the Govt. of India has removed the 12-minute ad bar from TV serials, meaning now ads will be longer and come every now and then. Now, what does it mean to TV screenwriters? Already, we have to keep the ad break in mind while writing episodes, and the episodes should be exactly 21 mins, which I feel is already more difficult than writing for OTT or films where you are allowed to flow freely.

Now this ad thing will also make the audience lose interest, and perhaps the best TV shows will get less acknowledgement. What are your opinions about it?

I am new in the area of screenwriting and pitching and this is going to be my first pitch deck. The first draft I have prepared is looking perfect and crisp to me, however the draft is only 4 episode long. Obviously the length of each episode will increase massively when the synopsis will be turned into a full length screenplay. But my question is, can I keep that 4 episode format for the pitch deck? Or alter it to 6 to 8-episode format?