a lot of series are good, and there's plenty to see on various streaming services, even free/advert ones

but over the last 10-15 years a given series seems to have more seasons and longer episodes than before, I'm not sure how true that is but it seems to be.

People binge watch, i just can't do so many hours and i find myself evaluating whether or not to watch a series based on how many seasons and how long episodes are rather than just reviews and genre! Films too, so many films are well over 2 hours and they just don't need to be

back when things were broadcast i think there was a discipline about it, forced into allocated tv slots, condensed by adverts and seasons having long gaps - so you watched something with 6 seasons over what could amount to 6 years sometimes! now if its on streaming you cant rely on it staying on platform for 6 years, you cant pace yourself with confidence and each episode is often 50+ minutes, sometimes variable, some episodes can be even longer

gerry wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:51:

a lot of series are good, and there's plenty to see on various streaming services, even free/advert ones […]
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a lot of series are good, and there's plenty to see on various streaming services, even free/advert ones

but over the last 10-15 years a given series seems to have more seasons and longer episodes than before, I'm not sure how true that is but it seems to be.

People binge watch, i just can't do so many hours and i find myself evaluating whether or not to watch a series based on how many seasons and how long episodes are rather than just reviews and genre! Films too, so many films are well over 2 hours and they just don't need to be

back when things were broadcast i think there was a discipline about it, forced into allocated tv slots, condensed by adverts and seasons having long gaps - so you watched something with 6 seasons over what could amount to 6 years sometimes! now if its on streaming you cant rely on it staying on platform for 6 years, you cant pace yourself with confidence and each episode is often 50+ minutes, sometimes variable, some episodes can be even longer

A lot of episodes of recent series are way too long and give way not enough.
I also don't have all that time to waste on something that has no real pace because of $$$ they make.

Some series are rotting corpses that still make money.
I loved the first 3 series of The Walking dead. After S3 I switched to recaps.

The fact that you don't own a copy makes streamers king of your money.
Back to DVD or BR it is. Crazy! 😀