TV does kinda suck now...

SauRoNZA said:
The British get this right, one off shows with long episodes but low in number and job done.

Move on to something else.

The dragging out and shittyfying upon success is almost always American in origin.
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Yup they've always done 6 to 8 episodes a season, generally only lasts maybe 6 seasons at most. Unless you're looking at things like last of the summer wines.
 
Lupus said:
Yup they've always done 6 to 8 episodes a season, generally only lasts maybe 6 seasons at most. Unless you're looking at things like last of the summer wines.
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I'm more referring to their penchant for mini series that is a single season and done.

Very rarely do British shows going into extended multiple seasons and almost never unplanned ones like the Americans do.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I'm more referring to their penchant for mini series that is a single season and done.

Very rarely do British shows going into extended multiple seasons and almost never unplanned ones like the Americans do.
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Weeeellll.
Allo, Allo - 9 Seasons
Red Dwarf - 12 Seasons
Ghosts - 5 seasons
My Family - 11 Seasons
Blackadder - 4 seasons
SAS Rogue Heroes - 2 seasons so far.

There are quite a few that have had a lot of seasons, but episode counts aren't high.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I'm more referring to their penchant for mini series that is a single season and done.

Very rarely do British shows going into extended multiple seasons and almost never unplanned ones like the Americans do.
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You are describing The Night Manager to a T.

Short, impactful, to the point with decent production values to make a compelling Mini-series.

en.wikipedia.org

The Night Manager (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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PhireSide said:
You are describing The Night Manager to a T.

Short, impactful, to the point with decent production values to make a compelling Mini-series.

en.wikipedia.org

The Night Manager (British TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Loved that show and one of a few I was like hell yeah another season or two of this would be great.

Which I see they are doing from the link.

His best role I’ve seen so far.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Loved that show and one of a few I was like hell yeah another season or two of this would be great.

Which I see they are doing from the link.

His best role I’ve seen so far.
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I was also pleasantly surprised to learn today (also from that link) that more seasons are planned.

:)
 
Watched a review recently from the critical drinker where he finally watched Firefly and reviewed it. One of the interesting things he said in that review was how we did not realize how good we had it in the 90's and early 2000's. TV was in a golden age I feel and we just assumed it would stay that good or get better and instead the opposite happened. We really did not know how good we had it back then. Modern stuff is just so non-appealing for the most part with a very few exceptions. Finding nice shows to watch as a family we have to dig pretty deep, or go back in time to older stuff. Sad really.
 
I hardly watch any tv anymore. And if I watch something it's usually British.

Haven't watched an American series in years. Last American show I watched was Walking Dead and even then I couldn't finish the entire series. And I have no interest to.
 
Apple TV+ has generally saved us from the overabundance of crap out there.

Less is more.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Apple TV+ has generally saved us from the overabundance of crap out there.

Less is more.
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That's a nice way to abbreviate the problem & solution I suppose, certainly has many more good quality series.

It's really an art now.
We can keep lists and subscribe to useful sites / threads, but even then my lot sometimes hear about new seasons months later.
And some series get taken over by other suppliers, like how Greys Anatomy moved to Disney+.

It's become impossible to watch everything rated as worthy at any rate. Becomes too much of a task instead of being entertaining, plus that obsession encourages piracy thinking.
 
Brian_G said:
That's a nice way to abbreviate the problem & solution I suppose, certainly has many more good quality series.

It's really an art now.
We can keep lists and subscribe to useful sites / threads, but even then my lot sometimes hear about new seasons months later.
And some series get taken over by other suppliers, like how Greys Anatomy moved to Disney+.

It's become impossible to watch everything rated as worthy at any rate. Becomes too much of a task instead of being entertaining, plus that obsession encourages piracy thinking.
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Op isn't about quality of shows, but how we now need to wait years for shows
 
Lupus said:
Op isn't about quality of shows, but how we now need to wait years for shows
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It's about sucking, see title :p

But yeah, on that point - it's like the suppliers are convinced they've managed to keep most sheep subscribing these days, so no rush to blow the budget..
 
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