But every hour of prime time they produce for themselves is an hour to which a studio loses access.

In substance, the six hours of testimony did not produce anything new or surprising.

Funding was based on the assumption that an hour of television costs $5,000 to produce.

Nearly 10 hours of overnight talks could not produce an agreement between all member states.

There is no unrealistic assumption that one hour of talk will produce any definitive solutions.

"All hours are fine when one must go," said Rodvard, and produced his paper; this was the moment of test.

The six hours of questioning did not produce anything significant for the investigation.

The more than three hours of talks between the two leaders produced no breakthrough proposals.

"It takes hours to produce each instrument," Nuovo says, declining to be more specific than that.

Over all, though, the hours of cross-examination produced more yawns than drama.