Exactly why I only watch series that are complete now
Morgus_Magnificent on
>Eighteen-month gaps between seasons are the new normal.
Severance fans would be so lucky.
modernistamphibian on
That article doesn’t really that much right. It’s not that movie people don’t know how to make TV. It’s all the same these days, with a few caveats. It’s that scheduling talent is hard, and streamers don’t want to commit to a new season before the old one does well. Back in the day, for (say) LOST, or Friends, everyone would be contractually locked in for the season and it would be renewed while the season was airing, and they’d have to come back in the summer to shoot for the fall, if it was renewed. Now they wait to release for the right “window” which delays things, then they wait to see how it does, they they renew, then they have to find a time when all the actors (and writers and directors) can be scheduled to get together in the same place at the same time. Source: used to work in it.
DMPunk on
That’s pretty much why I just don’t watch TV at all anymore. I watch something that’s only eight episodes, and completely forget about it by the time next season rolls around two years ago. If that’s what I’m to expect from the show, then not being around for season 2 is what they need to expect from me
I-Have-Mono on
ridiculously asinine take! and it doesn’t even include the PRIMARY reason for most of these examples in the INDUSTRY wide strikes that have been endured. these extremely obtuse pieces that don’t take that into account before going into ANY thing else are a farce.
“Movie people don’t know how to make shows quickly.”
Give me a break, you’re an editor at Vulture.
ijakinov on
Time between seasons issue has been greatly exaggerated. Most linear TV shows still release yearly. Many streaming shows release yearly (or close enough). Easier to make shows generally speaking come out frequently. Shows without busy actors as well.
Covid, VFX shortages and double strikes have made some delays longer than usual.
TheSuspiciousDreamer on
Some recent shows that had a yearish gap between seasons:
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Exactly why I only watch series that are complete now
>Eighteen-month gaps between seasons are the new normal.
Severance fans would be so lucky.
That article doesn’t really that much right. It’s not that movie people don’t know how to make TV. It’s all the same these days, with a few caveats. It’s that scheduling talent is hard, and streamers don’t want to commit to a new season before the old one does well. Back in the day, for (say) LOST, or Friends, everyone would be contractually locked in for the season and it would be renewed while the season was airing, and they’d have to come back in the summer to shoot for the fall, if it was renewed. Now they wait to release for the right “window” which delays things, then they wait to see how it does, they they renew, then they have to find a time when all the actors (and writers and directors) can be scheduled to get together in the same place at the same time. Source: used to work in it.
That’s pretty much why I just don’t watch TV at all anymore. I watch something that’s only eight episodes, and completely forget about it by the time next season rolls around two years ago. If that’s what I’m to expect from the show, then not being around for season 2 is what they need to expect from me
ridiculously asinine take! and it doesn’t even include the PRIMARY reason for most of these examples in the INDUSTRY wide strikes that have been endured. these extremely obtuse pieces that don’t take that into account before going into ANY thing else are a farce.
“Movie people don’t know how to make shows quickly.”
Give me a break, you’re an editor at Vulture.
Time between seasons issue has been greatly exaggerated. Most linear TV shows still release yearly. Many streaming shows release yearly (or close enough). Easier to make shows generally speaking come out frequently. Shows without busy actors as well.
Covid, VFX shortages and double strikes have made some delays longer than usual.
Some recent shows that had a yearish gap between seasons:
What We Do in the Shadows
Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
The Bear
From
Ghosts (UK)
Unprisoned
Kevin Can F**K Himself
Minx
Slow Horses
the Ark
Chucky
Shoresy
Stark Trek: Lower Decks
Velma
Somebody Somewhere
My Adventures with Superman
Extraordinary
Frasier
Star Struck,
Slow Horse
The Big Door Prize.