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New Data Suggests Long Waits Between Seasons Are Hurting Viewership on Netflix Hits (www.whats-on-netflix.com)

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[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That format was mostly just extremely short episodes with a lot of advertisements as padding. A show should have as many episodes as its creator wants. If most choose fewer and longer episodes, so be it. Also, as I've already explained, a season with 10 50 minute episodes is literally the same as a 20 episode show with 25 minute long episodes. You're just asking for the episodes to be edited differently. Instead, I propose you look into what a pause button does. It might just be the only thing you need to get your 20 episodes back.

[-] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

I'm not sure if you're just being a troll or serious with this. A 1 hour episode isn't just 2 30 minute episodes put together. Each episode has a full story arc, theme, lesson, etc. you couldnt have the first half of your 50 min episode be a sherlock holmes episode then the second half be a normal episode focused on the story. Also the artists aren't making the decision how many episodes netflix will buy.