Every streaming TV show represents a (min) 20-30 hour commitment ... But the incentives for quality are deeply misaligned.

I made an exception with Severance and regret it. Back to films after the finale.

Every streaming TV show represents a (min) 20-30 hour commitment ... But the incentives for quality are deeply misaligned.

I made an exception with Severance and regret it. Back to films after the finale.

https://open.substack.com/pub/trungphan/p/the-case-against-streaming-tv-shows?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1mt65z

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Yes, I've been saying this ever since Firefly and ppl been looking at me like I'm crazy. 

I want TV shows to write the ending first and commit to it. Then make the show. 5 seasons MAX. 3 is honestly perfect. Rarely is anything good after that.

Beginning, story, ending. 

Why is that complicated?

Until we turn off the boob tube and stop watching the slop, it'll keep coming at us. Punish them for exploiting our time and attention.

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Yeah my extremism is hyperbole. I watch stuff too; the collective disappointment is part of the cultural experience at this point.

But we can all try a little bit to hold producers to a higher standard!!

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with kids and too little time in the evening to watch a full movie i'm getting a little desperate and making exceptions, but i absolutely agree.

it's wild to invest hours and hours into a tv show and have it either not end at all or watch it derail in later seasons and crash and burn at the end (too many cases, just from top of my head: lost, prison break, himym, got, billions...)