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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow come the shows produced by AMC have such short seasons, and then
they go on hiatus for a year?
Better Call Saul has only three episodes left this season. This kind of schedule drives me crazy! I love this show, and I want MORE!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Many of the Netflix series, too. The quality and production values are really good on many- maybe because of the shorter seasons.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)you have year-long hiatuses.
mythology
(9,527 posts)But also USA at least used to produce their shows to be available when network TV was in reruns and so had fewer weeks to air new episodes. I don't know if this is an off-shoot of that practice as they don't sync up as well counter to the network cycle.
But I think given the success of some of these shows, and the success of binge watching on Netflix shows that there is a different approach that can be successful. People don't watch TV the way they used to. I've got half seasons or more of shows on my dvr that I haven't had time to watch yet.
msongs
(67,502 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)I still watch a few shows that do the 22 episode format, and there's just so much filler and wasted story arcs. Even good shows suffer from this as it's really hard to fill up 22 hours of story time (in the case of an hour-long show).
It also frees up the actors to do other projects, which helps avoid having to worry about actors wanting out to pursue other opportunities. And in the case of a program with a high production value (i.e., GoT), the extra time really makes a difference.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Especially when the season ends on a cliffhanger, and you know you won't get any answers for almost a year.
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Control-Z
(15,682 posts)from another show? I've never seen it.
Thanks!
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)And now he has a show build around him.
Both shows are great, IMO, though BB will always be my favorite show.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,003 posts)"Better Call Saul" is the prequel - it's the story of how well-meaning but morally flexible Jimmy McGill became sleazebag Saul Goodman.
cbreezen
(694 posts)and was exacerbated by a Writers' Guild (scriptwriter) strike. This was further enhanced when The Sopranos divided their last season in half. Then the Breaking Bad phenomena carried on the marketing madness by repeating the same pattern. And, then, and, then, and, so on.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)cbreezen
(694 posts)Just something I noticed about 7 years ago.
Orrex
(63,291 posts)True fact.