There’s a flaw in the reasoning here. If you ask fans of a series if they want more or fewer episodes, of course people will say they want more of what they like. But I believe most people who aren’t just using TV as white noise would prefer fewer well written and well produced episodes to a 22 episode run of an assembly-line procedural like Law and Order.
Oh yeah, there’s also the fact that Preston Beckman molests collies. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 7:17 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Chicago Tribune TV critic Nina Metz, a huge supporter of the 22-episode > once-a-week season that steamers seemed to be getting away from to be more > like HBO (although as an avid ACAB person, she wouldn't mind if there > weren't any police procedurals), asked former network exec Preston "The > Masked Scheduler" Breckman about this, pointing out the recent report that > the most popular shows on streaming are familiar TV (including that USA > Network blue sky show starring the Duchess of Sussex)--Breckman replies > that there are already shows on streamers (like Netflix's "Virgin River" > and "The Lincoln Lawyer") that would fit in a traditional television > schedule and that basically, the more TV tries to change, the more it > remains the same: > > > https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/07/column-most-watched-shows-of-2023-are-not-what-you-think/?share=trocnchwanhbhtmsuybt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f8104ad-3b47-4c76-b0b4-7890f72ce60fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f8104ad-3b47-4c76-b0b4-7890f72ce60fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DHV7u-M9tSSs7D5gt3Lwy9jHNUfo1yQKoqM%2B_QddFNXg%40mail.gmail.com.
