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A format which has not been widely used for some time. See [[Dramatic Hour Long]], except shorter.
 
This format was fairly common in the fifties and sixties, particularly for [[Soap Opera|Soap Operas]]s, but has fallen out of use in favor for the [[Dramatic Hour Long]]. In the seventies most soaps in the United States switched to an hour-long format. The format was more common in the United Kingdom, and still is to a degree.
 
Among the only live-action half hour dramatic shows remaining on air in North America today are the [[Soap Opera]] ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', Discovery Kids' ''Flight 29 Down'', and ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation|Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'' (which is increasingly shying away from this).
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* ''[[Adam Twelve|Adam-12]]''
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
* ''[[All My Children]]'' (until 1977)
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* ''[[The Bill]]'' (the final season switched to [[Dramatic Hour Long]])
* ''The Bold and the Beautiful''
* ''[[Captain Power and Thethe Soldiers of Thethe Future]]''
* ''[[Coronation Street]]''
* ''Danger Man'' (season one only)
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* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (until 1975)
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' (the classic series, with the exception of Season 22 in 1985 where the format was briefly changed to 45 minutes)
* ''[[Dragnet]]''
* ''[[Eastenders]]''
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[[Category:Dramatic Half Hour]]
[[Category:Trope]]
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