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I disagree, I dig 1h episodes
I dislike 6 episodes series
I prefer 8 to 12 episodes per series
I prefer 26 episodes per season. ST:TNG has more episodes and length than any other modern series, and they will never top that because modern Hollywood wants to spent too much money per episode for it to shit the bed on the second season.
Also, actors don't live long enough for these five-year hiatuses per season.
I'd agree, they're getting too long. And it's not just TV shows, it seems like big movies and games are also too long too often.
It's like every major work thinks it's the be-all culmination of human creativity. For the people who work on it, it may have that place of importance. But as a viewer, any given work is, by default, just yet another in a huge sea of art that might occupy my time.
But also, I get it. When you find something you really resonate with, that you devour each second of, sometimes it can feel like the longer the better. You almost don't want it to end. And if you pay money for something, and it's surprisingly short, that can feel disappointing.
Does not matter much to me but this fractured series thing has me watching more old things anyway as I don't have extra cash for subscriptions and am to lazy to pirate (I have mixed ethics around it to). In addition from what I have caught of things from the recent era most have disapointed.
TV episodes being more than 30 minutes long - what fresh hell is this?