52 minutes long, that's insanely good news. Let's hope they keep hitting the 40-50 minute mark for the entire season.
As for the media access I was only going on what Peter Sciretta said, he made it sound like they received press screeners before each episode for season 1. You'd think listening to some Youtubers, eg Campea, that they'd already had full access to the show. I like that things are being kept under wraps as much as they are for this season, there must be a few surprises in there that haven't leaked. Even Mando Mondays suggests a co-ordinated effort by Disney to stop toy companies leaking spoilery stuff early.