21.  In the original, the lonely man trains Maytag repairmen, but warns them to come up with creative ideas to fill their time.

22.  In the world of Hispanic TV programming, both Univision and Telemundo focus heavily on soap operas, telenovelas, to fill air time.

23.  Increasingly, the foreign ESPN channels are carrying programs of national interest, relying less on imported, unfamiliar American sports to fill air time.

24.  It seems that particularly KDUS is really reaching to just fill time.

25.  Just another cash grab to fill time between the majors.

26.  Kent, for example, fills his time attending to minute details on his new -- and still mainly unfurnished -- home just outside Austin.

27.  Little ardor or urgency marked the speeches, which did not come close to filling the time allotted.

28.  My wife says I traded one bad habit for another, but I had to fill my time with something.

29.  Part of the appeal of the show, actually, is watching them stretch to fill the time with one-liners, flashbacks and random bits desperately thrown together.

30.  Particularly now that more channels need to fill air time.