Commercials.......yes of course.
Support for this simply being a double-length episode comes from the DVD box--it would be just like all the others, about 7 episodes. For it to be a full 44 minutes would make that DVD an exception.
I'm guessing that it's simply a double-length episode that Nick is embellishing to get viewers. Not that SB is having problems in that area; even successful shows will be adorned with fancy-schmancy gimmicks to maintain viewers' deer-in-the-headlights attention.