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Only 12 episode season??

posted 8 years ago by Bdave101
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I wish there had been more. I dont like this trend for such short seasons. I remember back in the day when Combat seasons ran for 32 episodes per year! That is too much, even back then! God knows how they did that.

I hear that 24 episodes per year is quite grueling too, but that has been done for decades.

Now, we get as little as six episodes per year with some shows. Cant we compromise and do something like 18-20 episodes? I dont mind a mid season break if that is what it takes.

The UK is worse. Shows like Sherelock and others only run three or FOUR episodes per year. They call their seasons "series". At least the episodes tend to be longer than one hour.

I dont care about the UK. But why is this low episode count trending in the USA now?
There are still SOME shows that do the typical 23-24 episodes per year.

[–] odd-odium 8 years ago

I for one happy about this trend. Shorter seasons mean less filler episodes.

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[–] Sluggr-3 8 years ago

Well, look at the calendar. 52 weeks, split in two, 26, split in four, 13. So you can run either a 22-24 ep season once, and then repeat, or you can run 4 different 12 ep shows in the same time slot over the course of a year. Holidays and other stuff will occupy the loose weeks, but we are down to this as a pattern. The UK will typically do 6-8 60min eps for a series, which is about the same screen time as an 8-12 ep, 40-42 min season here in the US. Each Sherlock is a full 90 min, so 4-1/2 hrs of time, which could be 6 45min eps in an hour slot with time for commercials. It is as much about marketing as artistry these days.

When I was a kid, shows would be weekly for 39 weeks, and then the 13 best were rerun in the same time slot over the summer.

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2