The commercial took about 3 hours.
ok..As for the 30 min show, I will try to answer as much as I can. (My other computer is rendering as we speak, so I cant check the settings)
The project was shot with a cannon xa10. I have conservative broadcast color correction. Upper field, lower thirds, HD till photos, fade-ins and outs,and texts.
Project settings MPg2 720p (1080×720) 29.92fps @12mbps cbr,