ZandrickEllison t1_j0nx12l wrote
Reply to comment by revjor in [Super Curious] 🫠Why is British TV series short like every season holds up for 6 episodes max? by aparnasesha
Back in the old old days (like I Love Lucy) shows did like 40 episodes a year. The answer as always is about money. US TV makes more with syndication which is why they wanted to go 100+ episodes.
revjor t1_j0o4kxs wrote
They did 39-40 in the earliest days of TV because that was a hold over from they scheduled radio shows.
It wasn’t til a bit after that when they started to dial in the best schedule for TV broadcasting.
ZandrickEllison t1_j0o4zd7 wrote
Yes but again it all had to do with money and advertising . The summer wasn’t big money so they took that off.
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