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To be honest your examples were aired on TV some time ago where the normal season was 24 episodes (about 40-45 min long for seasons like Lost) and a half season

To be honest your examples were aired on TV some time ago where the normal season was 24 episodes (about 40-45 min long for seasons like Lost) and a half season 10 or 12. Most of the new shows are between 8 and 12 episodes about an hour long.

boomboomsubban 6y ago
I think you just stopped watching as many major network shows, as a quick look at NBC's current lineup still shows 15+ episode seasons is the norm.
- duhi88 6y ago
  but shorter due to commercial breaks.
  - pwinnski 6y ago
    I can't find any links for this off-hand, but I think the last time commercial time was increased was in the 1980s. "One-hour" shows have been 42 minutes long on US TV for decades now.
    - lkbm 6y ago
      I recall it changing when Star Trek: Voyager was on the air -- at least for Voyager. Looking at Amazon Prime, seems the episode length changed from 46 minutes to 44 minutes going from Season 5 (1999) to Season 6 (2000). (What I was remembering was 47 to 45, but this is a vague memory of a Usenet post I read twenty years ago.) EDIT: Also, I should note that Voyager was on Fox. If you're talking about NBC specifically, I have no data.
      - pwinnski 6y ago
        Good point, it's likely different for different networks.
      - deleted 6y ago
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      - olyjohn 6y ago
        Voyager was on UPN. Maybe in some areas where there was no UPN station, the local Fox station picked it up.
        lkbm 6y ago
        Ah, you're right. I forgot UPN even existed. Thanks.
- gsich 6y ago
  Most of them can be mass produced, like the usual crime story nonsense.