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Challenge: Shows that Deserved More than Four Seasons
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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8958129" data-attributes="member: 90374"><p>I could quibble with the perfect amount of seasons, but I agree with the premise here. I think a well planned and contained story is very important to a series overall value. Often, popularity gets in the way of that. You start to get actors directing and writing episodes for a too many cooks effect. Studios start leaning into fanservice like they did with <em>Walking Dead. </em>The plot is eventually lost and tarnishes the overall memory.</p><p></p><p>Lindelof has spoken about how <em>Lost</em> was supposed to be 2-3 seasons tops. Though, the studio wouldn't let it die. He has gone on to do some absolutely fantastic stuff like <em>The Leftovers</em> coming in at 3 seasons, and the limited series based on <em>Watchmen. </em>This guy gets it and is on my watch anything he is involved with list.<em> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Breaking Bad</em> had just the right amount of seasons, <em>Better Call Saul</em> had probably 1-2 too many.</p><p></p><p><em>Ray Donovan</em> was a hard hitting series about a Hollywood fixer, but lasted for 7 seasons plus a movie. Way too much resetting going on here and killed an otherwise great experience. 4-5 Seasons would have been perfect.</p><p></p><p><em>Shameless</em> went on for like 13 seasons? Some real good talent involved here, but talk about beating a dead horse.</p><p></p><p>I could go on, but yeah there is a point of no return for series that does seem to naturally exist around 3-6 seasons.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>What Television Show is your best argument for going more than Four Seasons?</em></strong></p><p></p><p>I would go with an anthology. I like the format of <em>American Horror Story</em>, but not so much the writing and execution. I was a big fan of <em>The Outer Limits</em> so I'd use that as my example. This allows a variety of actors, writers, and directors to slot in easily for a freshness rate that bucks the 4 season trend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="payn, post: 8958129, member: 90374"] I could quibble with the perfect amount of seasons, but I agree with the premise here. I think a well planned and contained story is very important to a series overall value. Often, popularity gets in the way of that. You start to get actors directing and writing episodes for a too many cooks effect. Studios start leaning into fanservice like they did with [I]Walking Dead. [/I]The plot is eventually lost and tarnishes the overall memory. Lindelof has spoken about how [I]Lost[/I] was supposed to be 2-3 seasons tops. Though, the studio wouldn't let it die. He has gone on to do some absolutely fantastic stuff like [I]The Leftovers[/I] coming in at 3 seasons, and the limited series based on [I]Watchmen. [/I]This guy gets it and is on my watch anything he is involved with list.[I] Breaking Bad[/I] had just the right amount of seasons, [I]Better Call Saul[/I] had probably 1-2 too many. [I]Ray Donovan[/I] was a hard hitting series about a Hollywood fixer, but lasted for 7 seasons plus a movie. Way too much resetting going on here and killed an otherwise great experience. 4-5 Seasons would have been perfect. [I]Shameless[/I] went on for like 13 seasons? Some real good talent involved here, but talk about beating a dead horse. I could go on, but yeah there is a point of no return for series that does seem to naturally exist around 3-6 seasons. [B][I]What Television Show is your best argument for going more than Four Seasons?[/I][/B] I would go with an anthology. I like the format of [I]American Horror Story[/I], but not so much the writing and execution. I was a big fan of [I]The Outer Limits[/I] so I'd use that as my example. This allows a variety of actors, writers, and directors to slot in easily for a freshness rate that bucks the 4 season trend. [/QUOTE]
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