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A similar argument has been made for commercials. "Without the breaks, the audience becomes less engaged over time! Watching with commercials makes the show bet
by portmanteaufu 14y ago
A similar argument has been made for commercials. "Without the breaks, the audience becomes less engaged over time! Watching with commercials makes the show better." I dropped my cable subscription because of my loathing for commercials. I'm not sure how much less engaged you can be than that. Watch however you'd like.
I read an interesting blog post via HN several months ago regarding the future of television formatting. The gist was that now that getting a show over the internet is starting to become a reality, the need for shows to run for a fixed duration of time or be released serially is alleviated. The storytellers can do whatever they please. I really enjoyed Netflix's new series Lilyhammer[1], and loved that they dropped the entire first season all at once.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilyhammer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilyhammer
- mosescorn 14y agohaving watched both dvds of shows and the same shows on television (same with hulu v. television) I prefer to watch the episode in its entirety minus commercial breaks, except for certain sitcoms. I think that Seinfeld and Friends may play better with the breaks.