The original post: /r/television by /u/tylerthe-theatre on 2025-11-07 14:41:47+00:00.
I know the for and against with this argument and people by now are firmly in one camp or another, but I wanted to bring up a few more points.
We also need to talk about the quality of TV - and how many movie stars are in shows now, budgets have gone massively up (making production longer) and shows may need to work around big actors schedules which of course isnt ideal for show runners.
But in saying that, even though the standard of TV has been raised in the last say 10 years, it doesn’t guarantee that 2-3 year wait will be worth. The show may just get cancelled or just be terrible - looking at Umbrella academys last season, Squid Game kinda came and went and I don’t think s2 and 3 had that big of an impact.
As a TV fan its annoying because you end up giving writers and show runners a lot time and faith, which often end up squandered - Euphorias a great example. And due to the nature of shorter seasons you have less time to explore story, characters and relationships, you can only tell so much in a 6-8 episode timeframe as opposed to 10, 11 or more.
Granted we still get good shows but I think with Netflix especially these days they’re few and far between. They chuck a lot of crap out there and see what sticks. Anyway just my thoughts, what are yours.