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The UK show has like 6 episodes in a season, while an American show needs at least 22.
by jonathankoren 4y ago
The UK show has like 6 episodes in a season, while an American show needs at least 22.
- kelnos 4y agoThat seems to be changing, though, for many popular (expensive?) shows. Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, all the recently-new Star Trek series, The Expanse, The Mandalorian, The Orville... They all have seasons in the ballpark of 10 episodes.
- jonathankoren 4y agoWith the exception of The Orville, none of these were ever network shows, and only The Expanse aired on basic cable, which does often have ~13 episodes. IT Crowd USA was supposed to be a primetime NBC sitcom.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoThat's almost completely a relic nowadays though. Most things worth watching are on streaming, which has pretty much completely abandoned the 22 episode format and 6-10 seems to be where things have settled.
- lupire 4y agoIt's bizarre. Sometimes I pop into a streaming service and see a show from 5-10 years ago, originally syndicated from a TV channel, and it's not bad, but it's just... An OK idea drawn out until it's boring. OTOH we have these MCU shows now, barely (if at all) longer than a movie, but chopped into 6x20min episodes that give it a bumpy pacing and flow, and over before anything happens.