Current Events > I like how TV shows went from 20+ eps a season to 10-13

(+) Yeah! (+)

there's less to keep track of, and a lot of storylines benefit with less padding, IMO

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i hate the idea that self-contained stories are "padding" or "filler" and somehow lesser because of it.

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lmao. You know broadcast TV still exists and their shows still have these 20+ episode seasons like Law and Order SVU and The Simpsons.

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Yea like Miami Vice had 112 episodes in 5 seasons.

Sure some were crap and crazy nonsense.

They were booking a million dollars a episode in the mid to late 80's.

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Medussa posted...

i hate the idea that self-contained stories are "padding" or "filler" and somehow lesser because of it.

you've never seen a show where an episode or two could be shaved off, and it wouldn't have suffered for it?

FreezerDoor posted...

lmao. You know broadcast TV still exists and their shows still have these 20+ episode seasons like Law and Order SVU and The Simpsons.

true, I should have said that I liked the trend of 10-13 episode seasons being more popular.

episodic shows like The Simpsons and Law and Order aren't too negatively/positively affected by more or less episodes, from what I've seen

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

Yea like Miami Vice had 112 episodes in 5 seasons.

Sure some were crap and crazy nonsense.

They were booking a million dollars a episode in the mid to late 80's.

tbh, I've never seen the show, so I'm not familiar with its storylines

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yessir

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g0ldie posted...

there's less to keep track of, and a lot of storylines benefit with less padding, IMO

You're comparing sitcoms with modern drama tv

there are also comedies with overarching narratives and other comedy series with 10-13 episodes (but on cable/streaming services, admittedly)

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Eh I like 26 episode seasons. But shorter is good too

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A lot of shows are going lower than that. Despite their quality, it was kind of a joke that the last two seasons of Breaking Bad were only 8 episodes a piece

I can see the appeal of the spectrum. Some shows do really well with the self contained episodes that maybe give a little bit of development. Others do the ten to twelve and lay it on real thick. Some of my favorite shows have been 4-6 episode seasons with each episode being around 90
minutes.

They can all work.

House the GOAT show. 8 seasons of 22-24 episodes each and 45mins long.

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Problem of the week shows with a vague overarching plot (or none at all) can get away with longer seasons since each episode is mostly a self contained story. But more serious dramas where they spend an episode doing essentially nothing feel wasted.

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