Holy shit, I need to rant about this because it’s driving me insane. Lately, it feels like every new show drops a single episode and then forces you to wait months for the rest.
Who actually enjoys this? A whole week for one episode? That’s an eternity in real life. By the time the next episode airs, I could be a completely different person—new job, new hobbies, maybe even a new brain—and suddenly, I don’t even care about the show anymore.
It’s like some 80-year-old corporate exec is sitting in a boardroom, smashing a big red button labeled “FEED THE MASSES” once a week, doling out TV like it’s fucking rations.
Some more reasons why it sucks:
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You forget the plot (and the whole vibe) between episodes.
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If an episode sucks, you just wasted a week of anticipation for nothing.
It’s like walking out of a movie halfway through and coming back seven days later for the rest. Who does that?
How I cope? I refuse to watch until the entire season is out. I want to enjoy the story properly, on my own time, without this drip-fed nonsense.
Back in the day, TV was just cheap filler for people with nothing better to do—endless soap operas where the most exciting thing that happened in a week was somebody’s amnesia curing or a long-lost twin showing up. Who had time for that?
But now? TV has evolved into something better than movies. We get deeper storytelling (no rushed 2-hour limits), higher production value (some shows look more cinematic than blockbusters), actual character development (instead of cramming arcs into a single film)
Yet studios still release episodes weekly like it’s 1985 and we’re all waiting around for Days of Our Lives. Newsflash: We’re not.
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You seem to be missing the point of why they do it. It’s to keep the public talking about it. They realized when you dump the whole season, people will talk about it for maybe a month, if you’re lucky. But if you slow drip it and keep people in anticipation, the show is talked about for longer, which helps lure new people in to watch. Is it better for the consumer? No, not really. Is it better for the studios and their bottom line? Yeah, probably.
After all I suppose if you release the whole thing people will watch fast and unsubscribe but if you release it over two months that’s twice the sub money
Plus if the show becomes a smash hit halfway through the season, you might get more money out of advertisers
I feel like you didn’t watch much classic TV because you’ve really misrepresented how it actually was. Not to say that releasing a whole season at a time isn’t objectively better… It definitely is.
didn’t watch much classic TV because you’ve really misrepresented how it actually was
Some soap opera garbage not worth mentioning in a polite company. What did i miss? Little timmy had an accident in episode 1383?
Can there actually be anything more boring than old tv?Do you think that all TV prior to streaming services was just a bunch of soap operas?
This may be a surprise, but TV shows with plots that span episodes and seasons have been around about as long as TV shows have been. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are two shows that had weekly episode releases, were critically acclaimed, and aren’t soap operas. How about The Sopranos, Star Trek, or Doctor Who? I’d argue there are a lot of shows that were released as full seasons that are more boring than some if not all of the five shows I listed. So I do think there actually is something more boring than old TV.
All that said, full season drops are better than weekly releases for me in most cases, but in general, it doesn’t bother me either way.
Good stuff started with rome. Trek is overrated nerd fiction for neurospicy
Can there actually be anything more boring than old tv?
Yes. Your insufferable attitude. Your ridiculous views of what old TV was like. Your silly anger over an imaginary thing that never was and that you clearly know nothing about.
What did I miss?
Obviously you missed hundreds of excellent shows that laid the foundations of modern tv. Obviously not everything from before your angry memory is worthless.
Angry? Who is angry?
It seems like you are projecting. Its funny because your comment is a bit angry, sounds like it at least. So who is angry here lmao
Presumably you remember writing that angry rant we all read? You’re clearly angry that anyone would have the temerity to think old TV was anything but shit soaps, and that it was all boring slop.
Maybe you don’t remember as you have problems remembering plots and happenings from week to week. You’re like the Memento guy, only screaming incoherently, shaking your fist at clouds.
I mean okay yet you are on the unpopular opinions community getting mad at someone’s opinions about tv shows. Who is unhinged here?
Honestly I would never watch an episode a week if they released entire season at once, but it’s not like I forget the plot. With the severance s2 I liked the anticipation l
I felt extremely sad reading this. I understand what your perspective is, but what I’m hearing is an addict freaking out.
well i do have some sort of adhd hyper thing so my watching habits may differ, sad though? That’s a bit funny
I guess if you find it funny it might help you ease feelings
All that conjures in my mind though is a mouse furiously hammering on a lever trying to get a pellet
Christ, do you realize what a jerk you’re being right now? Someone lamenting that an outdated content release model is outdated isn’t an inherent sign of addiction and there’s absolutely no reason to be forcing this conclusion on them like it’s a golden and unimpeachable truth. All of human behavior can be reduced to the terms of a skinner box, if you’re willing to ignore enough nuance to get there. It doesn’t make an argument valid just because you make the comparison, because the world isn’t populated entirely by coke-addicted rodents.
Same here. People just binged show after show, and back in the days we had Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. After Netflix, we didn’t have shows like this anymore.
