Television

I'd agree, they're getting too long. And it's not just TV shows, it seems like big movies and games are also too long too often.

It's like every major work thinks it's the be-all culmination of human creativity. For the people who work on it, it may have that place of importance. But as a viewer, any given work is, by default, just yet another in a huge sea of art that might occupy my time.

But also, I get it. When you find something you really resonate with, that you devour each second of, sometimes it can feel like the longer the better. You almost don't want it to end. And if you pay money for something, and it's surprisingly short, that can feel disappointing.

IMO, it varies from show to show and by genre. Some shows have plot and material that don't really need an hour per episode, while some have so much going on that keeping it to 40 mins isn't enough without having to rush. The problem is sometimes those things don't match.

Weird example to use bear for this. Those episodes are action packed start to end. Make the episodes as short or as long as needed. If it's "too long" just watch it by halves. What a stupid take In the streaming era.

Does not matter much to me but this fractured series thing has me watching more old things anyway as I don't have extra cash for subscriptions and am to lazy to pirate (I have mixed ethics around it to). In addition from what I have caught of things from the recent era most have disapointed.