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Originally Posted by Axeman
I would say most of those mentioned shows had filler. Lots of toss away episodes in their seasons. The current big dog is Big Bang Theory, and I'd say only half of their episodes this season haven been anywhere near good quality. Same as the past couple seasons really. You could do 24 episodes a season, but the number of seasons you could have pure good quality episodes is very limited, before it gets stale. IMO.
There are too many shows, networks and avenues for writers to hone their craft, and you just don't get them all pooled together on a handful of shows at a network anymore.
13 episodes seems to be the sweet spot for pacing and quality.
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It also seems to me like some of the cable channels are starting to adopt that philosophy of bringing on a show creator with a specific vision and then letting them do their thing. If that means 10 episodes or 13 episodes great. I would rather have 13 badass episodes than 24 episodes and half of them suck.
I agree with your Big Bang analysis as well. I'm a fan of that show, but it seems like for every episode they have that is very funny and well done they have at least one where there are only a few good jokes and it is kind of like they are just killing time.