The original post: /r/television by /u/parfaict-spinach on 2024-05-19 06:04:06.
I absolutely abhor the new trend of 6-8 episodes per season with a season every couple years. There’s no longevity. Yeah the shows can before fun but they come and go very fast and there’s very little incentive to rewatch because it’s all plot with very little fluff.
I just finished watching Desperate Housewives. 180 45min episodes. It felt so good to have something on TV for a couple hours at a time over many weeks. Especially because I didn’t have to pay 100% of my attention to it. I know network TV is dead but there are benefits to this format.