Hopes deflated with yet another 10 episode season from a show.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Sad, but feels like shrinkflation started with television shows. Then it wasn't long before they realized they could shrink everything, and still charge us the same prices.
I guess I have a hard time seeing it as shrinkflation when most streaming shows are on average 10 episodes.
Sure King of the Hill used to be a network show and about 23 episodes per season, but as a streaming show it's about right.
Live action Hulu, Only Murders in the Building & The Bear are 10 episodes on average. Animated on Hulu, Solar Opposites & Hit-Monkey are 10 episodes.
Even if we go back to the first big streaming hit, House of Cards, that was 13 episode seasons.
It's pissed me off for about a decade.
Everyone shits on Krapopolis for some reason but it was a huge breath of fresh air realizing it had actual full seasons! It'd been a while since I thought "wait, there's more?!"
Technically one of the seasons was actually 2 sets of 12 episodes released but I'll take whatever win I can get.
I also miss the 23 episode seasons, but I'll take 10 great episodes over nothing.
I don't care how long a season is anymore I just care how complete the idea is. The amount of shows with a satisfying ending is extremely low. And it's always been low but it's only getting worse. A ridiculous amount of shows just get tossed in the garbage as they're trying to develop a cohesive story.
…especially when I assumed (based on nothing) that the whole project had been shitcanned when Hardwick died.
They got some unknown amount of VO recorded for him so I guess they intend to use it. I have to assume that if they weren't this far along already they would have cancelled it but it sounds like they were pretty deep in already.
Issue is, how many shows are there that have GREAT short seasons? World building has been so lacking in shows because of it. No time to explain, head to the next scene!
I know what you mean, but a show with good writing and directing can do a lot with very little. Even a show with a short season has much more time for world building than a two-hour movie. Hell, short seasons have more time than a trilogy of films.
Personally I disagree. Part of why I rarely watch movies. Feel like wastes of potential.
Hill yea!
Also fyi there’s 2 KOTH comms that could be more active if ya like the show [email protected] [email protected]
Well, I'll never post in a .ml comm again, but thanks for the non-.ml version, crossposted there lol
Isn't Dale dead?
Feels like Dale would definitely have a red hat instead of an orange one in this one. Wonder if they'll avoid current politics; kind of hard to in today's Texas.