When Sherlock originally aired in the United States as part of PBS's Masterpiece, each episode was edited down to an hour, from the original 80-90 minute length. Will series 3 be similarly edited? Or will PBS air each full-length episode?
asked Jan 6 '14 at 19:45
I watched the shows on the PBS broadcast. Each Masterpiece episode was allotted 2 hours - 90 minutes of that episode of Sherlock, followed by a 30 minute "Behind the scenes" type show about the episode that just aired.
So to your questions:
No, the episodes were not edited, and
Yes, PBS aired each full-length episode.
answered Feb 18 '14 at 19:43
I just finished watching all three episodes on the www.pbs.org web site. All three episodes were approximately 90 minutes each.
We had to cut eight minutes. The PBS episodes have to be 82 minutes because of sponsors announcements.