The length of the film combined with the necessary advertisement breaks has caused its broadcast window to vary over the years; today, ABC's total run time for "The Ten Commandments" stands at four hours and forty-four minutes, just above one hour longer than its three-hour and thirty-nine-minute length. This requires the network to overrun into the 11 p.m./10 p.m. timeslot that belongs to the local affiliates, thus delaying their late local news and any other programming they may air in the overnight hours. Affiliates may also delay the film to the usual start of prime time at 8 p.m./7 p.m. to keep their schedules in line for early evening, at the cost of further delaying their local newscasts or forgoing them entirely.