Timeline for Why do British sitcoms have much fewer episodes than American ones?
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| S May 9, 2017 at 10:19 | history | suggested | Nog Shine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2015 at 14:42 | comment | added | Baard Kopperud | A bit OT, but could also add that for some shows there may be a few/several years between each "seasons" (or rather series). Also the title of the show may be changed (although the characters are the same and clearly an extension of the previous "season")... One example is the original British series "House of Cards" (1990) - with the other "seasons" being "To Play the King" (1993) and "The Final Cut" (1995) - great show! A sit-com example, is the four "Blackadder"-series with Rowan Atkinson... from 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1989 (pluss a few specials) - all with about six episodes. | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 5:26 | history | protected | iandotkelly♦ | ||
| Feb 18, 2015 at 5:23 | answer | added | DA. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 5:14 | comment | added | DA. | BTW, other great British series that are extremely short (3-6 shows per season) but worth a watch: Black Mirror, Utopia, Sherlock | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 5:13 | comment | added | DA. | America is the land of the biggie-sized fries and 48oz slurpees. We prefer quantity over quality. :) | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 13:25 | comment | added | user9091 | yeah nothing like watching 6 episodes and then waiting 10 to 14 months to see a new episode, but you have the right idea wait until the whole TV show is finished and then watch it all together. I refuse to watch these type of shows season by season, like anyone is going to remember what happen over a year from now, when game of thrones is over I will watch it, but waiting all that time is ridiculous. | |
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| Apr 7, 2013 at 21:19 | comment | added | user4545 | 'The Office' could NOT be described as 'brilliant but cancelled'. It wasn't cancelled - Ricky Gervais refused to write any more episodes. | |
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| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:44 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMovies/status/284384263355392000 | ||
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| Dec 27, 2012 at 18:51 | history | edited | PaulStock | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 27, 2012 at 18:50 | comment | added | tpg2114 | I just had this exact same conversation with a co-worker from New Zealand (about The Office and The IT Crowd actually) about he said they justify it by saying it's more about the art than the money/profit. I told him that's an excuse for a lack of budget and fear of "jumping the shark." Purely anecdotal and speculative though :) We also agreed that the US version of The Office was really only good for about the first 14 episodes anyway... | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 18:47 | answer | added | Donald.McLean | timeline score: 13 | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 18:10 | history | asked | PaulStock | CC BY-SA 3.0 |