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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 2761216" data-attributes="member: 1874">That's like saying it's okay if movies are 10 hours long - if you don't like it stop watching after 2 hours.I disagree.I am not saying all TV-shows should be one season. I am saying, there are no justifiable reason whatsoever for a ten year show except possible for shows with stand-alone episodes and stories (such as Seinfield, Futurama, Star Trek etc).Lost for example. If you want to create a show with a good beginning, good end, and good shows in-between (usually how you want a good movie to be), it cannot be too long. You cannot milk a concept like Lost forever. You cannot milk any show forever. There can only be a finite set of events in a series like Lost without the whole thing being completely silly.This is where you notice the difference between a great TV-show and a TV-show that just tries to be profitable, by being "good enough". A creator of a great TV-show know when to stop. JJ Abrams doesn't (just look at Alias).Keep in mind I'm talking about movie-like shows with stories here, not talkshows etc.IMHO creators of TV-shows should learn from mini-series and movies. They should define a series of events from the beginning to the end of the show and only tamper with it if the show will become _better_. Not because they promised the marketing department they have a concept they can use for two more years thanks to marketing analysis.Just because a show has the potential to be really long, doesn't mean it will be better if it is.</blockquote>

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