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Opinion: Small screen, big investment: TV episodes have become way too long
(www.theguardian.com)
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I'm not too bothered by variable lengths but I do think the lack of time constraints can lead to bad writing and show making. If the episode needs to be 40 mins, fine, but sometimes it just feels like as no one is saying "cut this back, tighten it up" so episodes become uneven or series sprawl and never get to the end.
Exactly. It’s like a book with no editor.