The Ramadan talk show slowdown was in full effect last night: The news junkies among us who just can’t stomach mosalsalat were stuck with Ahmed Moussa whinging about the inordinate length of Ramadan ad breaks (has he never switched on a TV during iftar before?)

Still, we’re not complaining about the Supreme Media Council’s move yesterday, which asked TV channels to abide by time limits set for commercials in Ramadan to prevent the airwaves from becoming non-stop ad fests. Moussa covered the directive (watch, runtime 2:29) and spent part of his show last night railing against the advertisers for interrupting his favourite series — including season two of Al Ikhtiyar as well as Al Qahera Kabul and Hagma Mortad (watch, runtime 9:41).

Moussa also had coverage of the derailment of two cars from a train that resulted in 10 injuries in Sharqia’s Minya Al Qamh (watch, runtime 0:43).

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