Who else is glad shows are no longer 100 plus episodes anymore?

Nope. If a story is good for 100+ episodes I’m thrilled. If it drags for 100+ then I’m not watching it. There are some absolute classics that are 100+ episodes that are on my frequent rewatch.

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I much prefer the classic 22+ season shows. Don't get me wrong, modern shows written to tell a definite story in 6-10 episodes are great, more cinematic experiences, I love many of them. But longer seasons let you explore themes and character development so much better. You get a chance to love the characters and the worlds. These shows are the ones that you commit to memory, and love for a lifetime. That just doesn't seem to be as true for modern shows.  *Edit* - Bottle episodes! A longer season means more budget management. Which means creative restrictions on episodes. Like classic bottle episodes, which often have the best character work in the whole season, because they have to!

Watch a movie

There’s no Platonic-ideal length to a show, it  depends on the story they’re telling. Some shows would benefit from more episodes, some from fewer.

It is exhausting if a show has 22 episodes. But 6-8 episodes is kinda short imo. I like 10-12.

Why would you want less of something you enjoy?

I don't have an iPad kid's attention span so no. I miss when shows could breathe.

Yes and no I'm watching Person of Interest right now and it's fun to get a self contained story every episode. It does limit bingeability but maybe that's a good thing.

Nope. If I wanted to watch a movie, I'd watch a movie. And that's all modern TV seasons are... hour and a half long movies dragged out to 10 hours.

Everyone in here pining for more 20+ episode seasons of vapid, episodic procedural slop, where 95% of every episode is the 'crew' doing the exact same thing over and over is wild.

I retained my attention span so I still enjoy long series.

Big ol’ negative for me. I love long-form storytelling and I wish there was so much more of it. I love the “filler” episodes (oh no, an extra 44 minutes of my favorite characters just existing? What a chore), I love the bottle episodes, I love all the recurring tropes and finding out what makes a show go from procedural to serial (because they always do). I have strong nostalgia for that era of television. Now, shows go by so fast and it feels like we spend 5 times longer waiting for new episodes to drop than it takes to watch them. 10 years for 50 episodes is crazy. And where is all that money going anyway? It’s not on screen, because overreliance on VFX makes the VFX just look bad. No, please give me back my 100+ episodes. It used to be a big milestone as well because that means it could get syndication, meaning it remains in the zeitgeist and other pockets of society will be able to experience it in a different time. Now, we remove shows from streaming and are forgotten. I don’t see a single positive about the current model.

Depends. If I like it, then I'm gonna want more episodes to watch... If I don't, then I don't.

If the show is story heavy, less episodes is good. Imagine Breaking Bad season 15. King of the Hill and Futurama did take me a few years, but they're cartoons that don't have an overarching story, so it's fine. 

It definitely depends on the show but tbh my life is so hectic anymore I don’t have time to sit through a long series. Give me a few seasons of top shelf storytelling over a series that started great but overstayed its welcome any day.

>I watched a show that had 200 plus episodes and it took me nearly 3 years to finish it because I actually have a life You should try binging some daytime soaps that have 15,000+ episodes! The 200+ episode show you watched most likely took people 10 years or more to watch as it aired.

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I agree with OP. Some of us have kids and jobs. I'd rather watch a great 12 episodes show that watch 25 episodes of mostly filler. Plus if you are only making half the episodes, surely you can now make 2 seasons a year!

>I watched a show that had 200 plus episodes and it took me nearly 3 years to finish it because I actually have a life. Well clearly you enjoyed it because you dedicated so much time to watching it. So I'm not seeing how that's a bad thing.

Depends of the quality of the show for me personally like I'm definitely glad they reduced to episode counts for like the CW Arrowverse stuff but at the same I kinda wish House of The Dragon had at least 2 more episodes in season 2.

I like the “mini-novel” length too, 8, 10 tight episodes beats 22 filler ones. Long shows feel like homework. Optional hack: watch old 100-episode series as background while cooking.

I prefer a variety , binging 2000s shows is great in my opinion. However there a happy medium that we haven’t reached. Shows like Gen V have been hurt by the 8 episodes mandate lol, however I also wouldn’t want 22 episodes a season for Gen V.

You're talking about shows whose seasons are essentially 6-10 hour movies. The other style of show with hundreds of episodes (the standard was actually in the mid 20s, for half the year of weekly episodes) was, you know, episodic. There *might* have been a meta plot that got brought up every once in a while, but for the most part, the intention was for the episodes to be self contained.

Agreed. Most long shows become garbage. And most seasons that are over 15 episodes become garbage.

It depends on the show. Grey's Anatomy is still 100 plus episodes

There are some really neat shows that are only 1 episode, but that episode is like 2 hours. In an out, a whole story, who needs to drag it out any more than that? I'm not trying to spend more time with these characters than I absolutely have to, I'm like pac-man I want to eat as much content as I can fit in in the shortest amount of time anyway, because stories are meant to be injected and not savored. I'm so glad to see someone else gets it.

Anyone else prefer their lobster less buttery?

I miss television where at the end of every ep, the characters return to their equilibrium: I just want one-and-done story’s that are complete meals in under and hour. Having to wait 2-3+ years for 8 eps should be a very rare commodity, not the rule.

not me. i dont bother starting a new show unless it has around 100 episodes AT LEAST. I like to actually spend time with the characters and have fun random 'filler' episodes. I also miss the halloween and christmas episodes or the 100th episode special. I really wish they would make more shows like this bc theres very few shows i will watch nowadays.