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[Discussion] What do you think about the longer wait times between seasons and fewer episodes per season format of modern TV? (sopuli.xyz)

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Consensus seems to be disliking this change, but curious if there are other perspectives

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would like to have some kind of "recap" episode for me to stream before heading into the new season. If there are years between seasons, I won't remember everything from prior seasons, but I might not want to rewatch 5 seasons before heading into the new one. And yeah, you don't need 12h to tell a good story. Many TV shows are giving you too much filler

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The recaps they do are usually a few minutes at best.

I once saw a season premiere of "Cheers." Sam and Diane had broken up at the end of the last season, and they had Cliff do a voice over explanation of what had happened. It was hilarious and informative.

Since we're talking about streaming services anyway, they could do a long [10 minutes] recap with a lot of information and offer it separately from the rest of the season