Ron Moore had a number of epsidoes of BSG which they had to cut because to fit the timeslot and he felt that it the episodes.
This hurt the show, especially in the 3rd season. I'm still not clear on why he and his writing staff/editors couldn't structure their episodes with the crucial material intact to fit the available slot they had. Instead, they cut important scenes, only to toss them into the "Previously on BSG" a few weeks down the road...it was always a "Wait, when did THAT happen?" thing for me. You can blame the 42 minute slot, but in this case I think it's the writers' and editors' fault. Sure, if they had a 50 minute block to fill it'd be fine, but then what if they started putting out 55 minute shows and complaining about their lack of time?
