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    Steve Sailer‏ @Steve_Sailer May 31

    Steve Sailer Retweeted Kevin Michael Grace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 ⚜ 🇳🇴

    John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers" was the best sitcom of the 1970s, but a big reason was that only 12 episodes were made. OTOH, sitcoms are more rewatchable. "Lucy" is still on after 65 years. Nobody rewatches 60 hour prestige dramas. Brits did many 6 hour miniseries: a good lengthhttps://twitter.com/KMGVictoria/status/1002213217311993857 …

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    Kevin Michael Grace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 ⚜ 🇳🇴 @KMGVictoria
    So I'm guessing that @Steve_Sailer prefers British TV & its short series because, as Britta from #Community says, "They give you closure" #CougartonAbbey https://getyarn.io/yarn-story/2cdd7e48-833b-434b-8da4-6fa590da393b …
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      2. epobirs‏ @epobirs May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Syndication, the same thing that offers immense wealth to the owners and core participants of US series, also had a stultifying effect on creativity. Hitting that magic 100 episodes for a syndication package was so immensely lucrative it overrode quality control all too often.

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      3. epobirs‏ @epobirs May 31
        Replying to @epobirs @Steve_Sailer

        Until the mid-90s, it was very unusual for a series to have a strong narrative arc across the season because syndicators didn't want to be required to run every episode and in their intended order. They wanted to play the favorites.

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      4. epobirs‏ @epobirs May 31
        Replying to @epobirs @Steve_Sailer

        I was a toddler when the original Star Trek ended, so I knew primarily from syndication. Certain less popular episodes were rarely if ever played and I only knew of them from the James Blish short story versions. You can't do this with a show like 'Babylon 5'.

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      5. epobirs‏ @epobirs May 31
        Replying to @epobirs @Steve_Sailer

        The UK shows always had strong arcs because of the short runs. They also avoided writer and actor burnout. Sometimes even going a year or more between series, waiting until the writers felt they had something worth doing.

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      1. Gary Royal‏ @6r0y4l May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        I've watched Breaking Bad at least twice all the way through, and in part many times. Also all three seasons of Better Call Saul all the way through, and in part many times. They're almost a form of literature -- you can watch them indefinitely.

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      2. YupItsMe‏ @Thomasdiscerns May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        No so called prestige cable shows come close to I Claudius.

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      3. YupItsMe‏ @Thomasdiscerns May 31
        Replying to @Thomasdiscerns @Steve_Sailer

        Are there shows today like Six Million Dollar Man - which inspired countless kids to get into robotics, orthopedics, engineering, defense and space work?

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      1. Misha Saul‏ @misha_saul May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        I rewatched Breaking Bad 😶

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      1.  ❌  🇬🇧  ❌‏ @Aethelstan927 May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Porridge was better.

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      1. Jason Steiner‏ @ernunnos May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Eh? Lots of people rewatch dramatic series. I have. Rome, The Wire, The Shield, Longmire.

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      1. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Dick Wolf made a similar point when explaining why Law & Order eschewed multi-episode story arcs, noting that his reruns blew away ER’s in ratings.

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      1. Gordon Haave‏ @haave May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        I love that show so much I actually had the theme song played by the orchestra at my first wedding.

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      1. Knight the Hood‏ @TimmieKnight May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Yes. The British House of Cards was a 6 hour thrill ride.

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      1. Xizlqk‏ @Xizlqk May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Sherlock is the modern successor to those.

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      1. Bernienomics‏ @Bernienomics May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        DOWNTON ABBEY IS CHARMING!

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      2. Ayatollah‏ @ayatollah1988 May 31
        Replying to @Steve_Sailer

        Prestige TV is the biggest con happening rigjt now. Can't wait until the Serious TV bubble bursts and we can all stop pretending that Westworld, This Is Us, and Shameless are important pieces of art and just go back to having fun television

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      3. Jason Steiner‏ @ernunnos May 31
        Replying to @ayatollah1988 @Steve_Sailer

        Westworld is fun though. Who doesn't like naked titties & thinly veiled Jaynes?

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