The Orville - Season 1

[Ryujin]

Dam, I hate it when we get these "off" weeks.

The annoyances of the modern TV "season."

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Mallus]

I really like 8-13 episode seasons, or a "long-ish series for the BBC". Some of the best recent TV operates under that model: GoT, Hannibal, Legion, The Expanse.

But please for the love of God and Marshall McLuhan, run all your episodes straight through with no breaks!

 

[Morrus]

I’ve never seen a 26 episode show where a substantial portion wasn’t mediocre flab. Half that makes for a much tighter series (and even that can seem flabby sometimes - most of Marvel’s Netflix series should have been tighter and leaner).

The ridiculous idea that a series has to have 26 episodes or so is one of the reasons we have so much mediocre TV. The best stuff is often much tighter.

 

[Ryujin]

There's nothing wrong with a 10-12 episode "series", as seems t be the norm in places like the UK. I actually quite like it and Netflix seems to like them too. The problem with 'modern' North American TV 'seasons' is that they get you all warmed up with maybe 4-5 episodes then go into reruns of those episodes, before moving on. The 10-12 episode series might keep you waiting for the next series, but it doesn't seem to keep you waiting for the next episode. I think that's a superior manner of delivery.

 

[Morrus]

There's nothing wrong with a 10-12 episode "series", as seems t be the norm in places like the UK. I actually quite like it and Netflix seems to like them too. The problem with 'modern' North American TV 'seasons' is that they get you all warmed up with maybe 4-5 episodes then go into reruns of those episodes, before moving on. The 10-12 episode series might keep you waiting for the next series, but it doesn't seem to keep you waiting for the next episode. I think that's a superior manner of delivery.

I watch loads of American series with 10-13 episodes. Going back as far as The Sopranos to modern stuff like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead. I’m currently watching Ray Donovan, and The Good Place. The best US TV is rarely 26 episodes.

 

[Ryujin]

I watch loads of American series with 10-13 episodes. Going back as far as The Sopranos to modern stuff like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead. I’m currently watching Ray Donovan, and The Good Place. The best US TV is rarely 26 episodes.

And what you're talking about being good is created by cable, not by broadcast TV. Like Netflix they tend toward the shorter season model.

 

[Morrus]

And what you're talking about being good is created by cable, not by broadcast TV. Like Netflix they tend toward the shorter season model.

Those distinctions don't matter to me. I just watch what comes on Sky Atlantic or whatever here at home. I don't really care which companies make them.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Good shows are good, bad ones are bad, regardless of production company or length.

 

[Kaodi]

We need to get around to watching the last season of The Good Wife. 22 episodes, which is a brutal proportion of the stupid new Internet plan my parents "upgraded" to.