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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The binge model introduced by Netflix is partly to blame for the 10 or even 8 episode season arcs most shows are stuck with today. I remember hearing that TV execs and producers were slowly phased out in favor of those who worked on movies. As a result these productions were expected to have higher budgets to accommodate their VFX styles. As a side effect these movie producers aren't very adept at writing in episodic formats so they basically make a very long movie that's sometimes clumsily cut up to 48 minute segments. Nowadays it's harder to find those experienced in making 24 episode seasons like before.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago

I also think the huge amount of competition that exists now in TV negates the ability of a 24 episode a season show to get a lot of viewers. TV shows are shorter than they used to be, but there's a lot more of them.

And many actors in them also do movies, and its unlikely that calibre of actor is going to want to sign on to 24 episodes a season shows as a main.

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