Here’s the thing: with the streaming model, shows are as long or as short as the viewer says they are. I routinely stop watching 60-minute episodes 15, 25, even 40 minutes in, if I’ve had enough. That’s often the case when I’m into my second episode of the day and realize it’s time to resume interacting with the real world.
Same with movies, my wife and I often split movies into two nightly viewings, it lets us start something even though she wants to go to bed in an hour. You develop an instinct for when an intermission moment hits, and you pause it for the night. In our experience, most movies easily divide into 2-4 complete episodes.
The real beauty of streaming content for us is that we have total control over when we start and stop watching it. Since most shows now are actually 8- or 10-hour movies, it really doesn’t matter how you divide it, so we work that to our advantage in terms of how media consumption fits into our lives.
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Love the 30 minute episodes - this show is incredibly engaging - have recommended to friends and they r hooked.
One hour is better. It gives the needed time to develop the story and characters.
Does no one remember when that was the genre? A one hour show with a "great event" an exception. And you know what? They were, for the most part, better simply because they were concise. Exceptions --- Choose----- but mine is "Game of Thrones". It needs development time per episode.
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tl;dr
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Really, what difference does it make? Shows that are streamed are consumed binge-style, which means the viewer bites off as little or as much as he or she wants to see in a session.
Nearly all these shows, "Homecoming" included, have a season-long narrative arc and each individual episode ends either on a cliff-hanger an inconclusive note.
Whether you cut the arc into 10 pieces or 20, makes very little difference.
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@Steve MacIntyre
Typo in comment above. Second paragraph should read,
"Nearly all these shows, 'Homecoming' included, have a season-long narrative arc and each individual episode ends either on a cliff-hanger OR an inconclusive note."