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‘Stranger Things’ Shows Its Age in a Final Season That’s Outgrown Its Core Appeal: TV Review (variety.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Skavau@piefed.social to c/television@piefed.social

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[-] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 11 months ago

I find it increasingly tedious to commit time watching prestige, big budget TV shows and this one is no different. The total runtime of the four episodes which have dropped so far amounts to 283 minutes, which is almost 5 hours devoted to the first half of this final season. The average runtime so far is 70 minutes per episode. It’s staggering really.

I haven't watched Stranger Things, but most prestige shows are by far shorter than more regular shows - except the runtime of episodes themselves.

[-] Gomiboy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I think there is some truth in that and this final run of Stranger Things may be an exception but, I am watching the latest season of the The Morning Show and so far episodes are approximately 50 minutes in length.

The days of TV episodes averaging between 30-40 minutes in length are over.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 11 months ago

I think there is some truth in that and this final run of Stranger Things may be an exception but, I am watching the latest season of the The Morning Show and so far episodes are approximately 50 minutes in length.

Sure. But I suppose I mean historical TV shows tend to be between 40-50 minutes where as 'prestige' is usually 50-60 minutes in length.

But the historical TV shows tend to be 20+ episodes a season.