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Opinion: Small screen, big investment: TV episodes have become way too long
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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2025
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What tv do you like? (Other than Star Trek)
Did you not have to "seek out" older series too?
Off the top of my head - Justified, Deadwood, Breaking Bad, The Last Kingdom, the first half of game of thrones, It's Always Sunny, various Gundam series, Star Wars Clone Wars and Rebels. A few other animes - cowboy bebop, ghost in the shell, etc.
I did have to seek them out but the point was that I didn't have to do it as often because the show lasted longer. With these short series I have to basically always have "what am I going to watch after this" on my mind. They aren't even long enough to get through an entire weekend if I don't have anything else going on and binge it.
I like your TV taste. Other than the Anime, you and I could be good TV buddies.
Try The Americans, Mad Men, and the Sopranos. If you liked The Last Kingdom, you'll like Vikings, too.
I did watch Mad Men and the sopranos. I couldn't finish mad men because I hated all the characters and the constant infidelity. I finished sopranos but was mid on it for the same reason.