From Netflix to HBO, Streaming’s 8-Episode Formula Is Making the Same TV Mistake

From Netflix to HBO, Streaming's 8-Episode Formula Is Making the Same TV Mistake




It's beginning to feel unfair to discuss and analyze eight-episode streaming series in the same context we once critiqued 22-episode broadcast TV shows. There's a lot of space between those two examples, and both have their merits, but the more they diverge, the more they feel like completely different artistic mediums. Streaming shows increasingly feel like extended movies, and they're under immense pressure to not just succeed, but completely take over the pop culture conversation, or else be canceled. This leaves little time for the slow-burn character development and storytelling that once made TV great. Audiences actually seem to be aware of this, yet streamers continue to kneecap great shows for their own convenience.


It's beginning to feel unfair to discuss and analyze eight-episode streaming series in the same context we once critiqued 22-episode broadcast TV shows. There's a lot of space between those two examples, and both have their merits, but the more they diverge, the more they feel like completely different artistic mediums. Streaming shows increasingly feel like extended movies, and they're under immense pressure to not just succeed, but completely take over the pop culture conversation, or else be canceled. This leaves little time for the slow-burn character development and storytelling that once made TV great. Audiences actually seem to be aware of this, yet streamers continue to kneecap great shows for their own convenience.

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