This one, Severance, The Boys, etc. Why so long between seasons? Especially when there are only 8-10 episodes per season. Laziness?
shareMulti reasons from funding to the cast being available.
They know people will wait as well also its planned by the networks so they can push different shows.
I think this time it was the strike. Before that it was the pandemic, something something something. You would think, having gone through the pandemic, that everyone in the industry would have understood that they couldn't afford another long hiatus in production. But no.
shareThat strike was over with relatively quickly though. It's just disappointing that's all. I mean we were used to 26 episode seasons, they've cut them down to 8 or so plus we have to wait years for the next season.
shareWhich shows have 26 episodes per season, that you are used to?
shareBasically every one of them. I'm in my 50s so you might not have these memories but shows used to shoot for around 26 episodes a season or even more- it's easy to substantiate if you desire.
shareNetwork shows like NCIS still have very long seasons, but I don't think you can compare cookie-cutter, assembly line drivel like that to the kind of premiere programming like we see on streaming and cable.
I am not really thinking of Cobra Kai here specifically, but when you start looking at shows like House of the Dragon or Shogun, not only is it too expensive to make 26-episode seasons but the narrative itself just can't sustain that degree of stretching. Do you want a good, tight story or do you want seasons with a lot of filler?
Because everybody gets a trophy generation. Old school TV days, you had schedules, you had quotas, you had ratings minimums. You had to meet demographic thresholds. And if you didn't your ass got fired and you got replaced with somebody who could. It was all very cut and dry and the bus kept moving. You became a soulless drug addict to keep up or you got lost. It was f'n beautiful. It was money. It was bottom line. All these streaming services do is hemorrhage money. They're not real. They don't actually exist. They're not actually profitable. Not one of them. It's a mega con psyoping the entire world into communism. And these new commies take the time to get it right. They're not fooling around this time.
shareWell, in 2020, there was Covid, and in 2023, there were the Writers and Actors Guild strikes, so both of those events paused production on a lot of movies and shows. Bottom line, movies and shows can't be made if there's a bunch of roadblocks standing in the way.
shareThis is it. I didn't account for the combination, an oversight I had no business making. To substantiate you suggestion I went back and looked at the previous release dates of the shows that are sporadically releasing at snail's pace and yup a few episodes a year, but dependably regular. I guess I was just frustrated. Thanks.
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