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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 2760797" data-attributes="member: 1874">Is it just me who have this feeling TV executives and owners of all the different channels (be it fox, abc, cbs etc) deliberetaly destroy TV-shows by forcing the producers to make them longer, just so they have a safe income from those who buy advertisement? Think about it: When it comes to TV, the TV-series and all the programs is not the product. We who watch TV is the product. The consumers are those who buy the ads. It's not in the interest of the executives to air GREAT tv-shows. It's in their interest to air PROFITABLE tv-shows. And the most profitable kind is the kind you can air for several years.Take Lost for instance. This is a gold mine: It has a huge user base, lots of cliffhangers and whatever stupid things happens it's good enough people continue too watch it. Because of this, Lost is doomed. Lost can never be one of the greatest TV-series in history. I am confident the creators of Lost could have created an excellent series of 25 episodes max. But when the executives of the channel noticed people liked the show they did what they always do: extend. They will continue to buy more episodes until every single possible source of income (watchers) gets tired. This always happens with those series who have an excellent first 5-10 episodes. I predict a minimum of 5 seasons of Lost, based on the 5 seasons of Alias (the first seasons of Alias was, like Lost, awesome. Then it went downhill because they didn't stop creating episodes).It is a good business plan though:1) Buy potentially good TV-shows2) Get your users hooked3) Tell your consumers (ad buyers) you have the most popular show right now4) Buy more episodes5) Repeat 3 for as long as deems fruitful6) ProfitNotice the difference between the executives interests and the "potential" interest of the creators to create A Really Good TV-Show. Of all the different TV-shows I watch, the only ones I've _not_ been disappointed in the end is series with stand alone episodes. I have a vague feeling I once upon a time loved Alias, 24, X-Files and a couple of other shows. Well, in the third season or so you realize the series sucks, completely ruining the positive experience of the first season. In ten years, I won't remember these series.Lots of episodes doesn't make a great TV-show. Right now, I pray every monday Prison Break will actually end as planned, as I did for Lost, Alias, 24, X-Files, Numb3rs, CSI (...). If it doesn't, it will become as boring as all the others.Comments?</blockquote>

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