Lower Decks fits that format and it works considering the medium.
TOS through now is still about an hour, disregarding the 2-parters and feature length episodes. What’s changed is season length. 10 episodes is the new norm. Used to be 26-ish.
Idk why I thought they were shorter and these new shows feel like they are so long. Maybe its the A plot B plot thing that packs a lot into one episode.
On the flip side, I mourn the 20+ episode season. Only Prodigy has gotten a full length season in NuTrek. (They were half hour, your preference.) Strange New Worlds deserved better than only 10 episode at a time, like it was a mid-season replacement, testing the waters.
It would the sign of a good group of talented writers … to constrain them to a 20 minute slot and still make an entertaining and informative show.
I’m with you on the 20 minute format … I constantly scroll through shows thinking I just want to sit down for half an hour and watch something fast, then go do something else … instead I end up scrolling for half an hour and then giving up, getting up and go do something else. Or else I’ll watch half a 40/50 minute episode and watch the rest later.
I mourn 20 minute episodes. Watching a whole ass movie every time a new episode comes out sucks.
Lower Decks fits that format and it works considering the medium.
TOS through now is still about an hour, disregarding the 2-parters and feature length episodes. What’s changed is season length. 10 episodes is the new norm. Used to be 26-ish.
Idk why I thought they were shorter and these new shows feel like they are so long. Maybe its the A plot B plot thing that packs a lot into one episode.
Pacing certainly factors in. Modern dramas tend to needlessly linger on scenes. Just wish there was more focus on the other characters.
On the flip side, I mourn the 20+ episode season. Only Prodigy has gotten a full length season in NuTrek. (They were half hour, your preference.) Strange New Worlds deserved better than only 10 episode at a time, like it was a mid-season replacement, testing the waters.
Prodigy was good :(
I too would happily watch 20 minute episodes about Morn.
Morn For Me
All episodes take place at Quark’s.
The joke continues and Morn never has a single line of dialogue.
Every episode ends with Morn about to say something and then credits.
I’d say send this to Paramount stat but it’d make too much money
It would the sign of a good group of talented writers … to constrain them to a 20 minute slot and still make an entertaining and informative show.
I’m with you on the 20 minute format … I constantly scroll through shows thinking I just want to sit down for half an hour and watch something fast, then go do something else … instead I end up scrolling for half an hour and then giving up, getting up and go do something else. Or else I’ll watch half a 40/50 minute episode and watch the rest later.