A key figure behind Star Trek's classic era has likened the shortened seasons of modern TV to the equivalent of a Tinder relationship, and said he hoped the sci-fi franchise would return to 22-episode seasons.
For real though. 8 or 10 episodes is nothing, especially when they’re spread out intentionally to just keep people subscribed to a monthly streaming service.
TV shows of yesterday still matter largely because there is so. much. content. This shit was available for free with a basic ass television and some strips of metal wired into it. And you got 24 episodes a season. And sometimes there was more than one season in a year.
Artificial scarcity is obvious when things get that different.
sg1 split thier season 10 in the spring, 10 in the fall, it works. but current streams only doing 6-8episodes, 10 if your lucky. every 1-2years. even people are getting tired of shows like invincible, with such a LONG hiatus,not to mention the degrading animations.
For real though. 8 or 10 episodes is nothing, especially when they’re spread out intentionally to just keep people subscribed to a monthly streaming service.
TV shows of yesterday still matter largely because there is so. much. content. This shit was available for free with a basic ass television and some strips of metal wired into it. And you got 24 episodes a season. And sometimes there was more than one season in a year.
Artificial scarcity is obvious when things get that different.
sg1 split thier season 10 in the spring, 10 in the fall, it works. but current streams only doing 6-8episodes, 10 if your lucky. every 1-2years. even people are getting tired of shows like invincible, with such a LONG hiatus,not to mention the degrading animations.
To be fair, whilst modern TV shows are shorter - there’s more of them compared to shows in the 90s and 00s.