No one complained about short seasons during The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Dexter, etc. because there was no long wait BETWEEN seasons back then. The wait is ...

The original post: /r/television by /u/TheShowLover on 2025-08-12 16:42:55+00:00.

Original Title: No one complained about short seasons during The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Dexter, etc. because there was no long wait BETWEEN seasons back then. The wait is the real problem.

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Short seasons have been a thing for almost 30 years. Yet I don’t recall this grand uproar about short seasons back then.

Because the real problem is the wait between seasons. For the most part, you only had to wait less than a year for all the shows mentioned in the title.

We don’t really mind short seasons but we do if we have to wait 2-3 years for one. The wait is what makes the seasons feel short.

You’re making us wait 3 years for just 8 episodes?

But if we only had to wait nine months, 8-10 episodes won’t seem as bad.