The most controversial trend in popular media is the shrinking season. A broadcast drama used to run 22 episodes a year. Then cable did 13. Now, a "prestige" streaming show is lucky to get 8, and increasingly, we see seasons of 6.
This new format is novelistic. It rewards recall, theorizing, and immediate rewatching. But it has also created a crisis of durability. In the old world, a show like Friends or The Office generated value over a decade of syndication. In the new world, a show drops on a Friday, dominates the water cooler (or Slack channel) for one weekend, and is functionally forgotten by Tuesday. Content has become perishable. sexmex240805letzylizzspystepbrotherxxx+best
