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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2021 9:13:23 GMT -5
Any idea who, what or how the amount of episodes per season were decided upon for TV?
Walton's has 26 and ER filmed in the 94-05 has around 24. Modernly, Downton Abbey only has 7-8 episodes per season.
What about shows earlier than the Walton's
Was television created to have reruns or was that a unintended consequence?
Just curious.
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Post by patriciaanne on Aug 5, 2021 11:59:58 GMT -5
Any idea who, what or how the amount of episodes per season were decided upon for TV? Walton's has 26 and ER filmed in the 94-05 has around 24. Modernly, Downton Abbey only has 7-8 episodes per season. What about shows earlier than the Walton's Was television created to have reruns or was that a unintended consequence? Just curious. My guess is that re-runs were unintended. Moving from live to recorded performances, it probably took some time for tv execs to figure out someone may want to see the same exact performance again. That's just my guess, though. |
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Post by Easton on Aug 5, 2021 13:15:24 GMT -5
When I was a kid, there was always a 'New Season'. It was a long time ago, but I seem to recall that the new season began on the first Monday after Labour Day. There were invariably 26 episodes which took the season into March. 'Summer Reruns' would take over, giving viewers a chance either to watch episodes again, watch episodes they had missed, or to watch a different programme they hadn't been able to watch on a competing channel the first time through.
Eventually there were fewer episodes and the new season began later. Of course, there were always mid-season replacements.
And then the Brits hit our shores and suddenly we discovered that they had series instead of seasons with only a half dozen episodes per series. Still, I believe each series was broadcast in a single year. For instance, 'Faulty Towers' encompassed 2 series which were broadcast in 1975 and 1979. It's difficult to believe that there are only 12 episodes of the John Cleese megahit.
That was unheard of over here, but now, especially with reality TV programming, it's not unusual to have 2 or 3 seasons in a single year.
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Aug 5, 2021 13:47:53 GMT -5
When I was a kid, there was always a 'New Season'. It was a long time ago, but I seem to recall that the new season began on the first Monday after Labour Day. There were invariably 26 episodes which took the season into March. 'Summer Reruns' would take over, giving viewers a chance either to watch episodes again, watch episodes they had missed, or to watch a different programme they hadn't been able to watch on a competing channel the first time through.
Eventually there were fewer episodes and the new season began later. Of course, there were always mid-season replacements.
And then the Brits hit our shores and suddenly we discovered that they had series instead of seasons with only a half dozen episodes per series. Still, I believe each series was broadcast in a single year. For instance, 'Faulty Towers' encompassed 2 series which were broadcast in 1975 and 1979. It's difficult to believe that there are only 12 episodes of the John Cleese megahit.
That was unheard of over here, but now, especially with reality TV programming, it's not unusual to have 2 or 3 seasons in a single year.
Three cheers for Fawlty Towers! Another family favourite. |
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Post by dayton3 on Aug 5, 2021 17:38:46 GMT -5
Any idea who, what or how the amount of episodes per season were decided upon for TV? Walton's has 26 and ER filmed in the 94-05 has around 24. Modernly, Downton Abbey only has 7-8 episodes per season. What about shows earlier than the Walton's Was television created to have reruns or was that a unintended consequence? Just curious. Simple. Early tv series has more episodes per season because back then with no DVRs or even VCRs once a season was completed it was hard to keep the show out in front of the audience. Not to mention that advertisers paid little for space to run with reruns. |
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Post by e knight on Aug 5, 2021 19:10:59 GMT -5
Throughout the 1950s, it was common for a show to film 39 episodes annually, and to re-run 13 of those in the summer time. E.g., The Honeymooners' so-callod "Classic 39" was one season, and typical.
By the 1960s, it was more common to film 26 and repeat all of them. After that, the producers cut costs by doing fewer and fewer new shows.
TVGuide used to label a show's listing as "(Repeat.)" I think that sometime in the 1980s, they flipped and started flagging the rare, occasional "(New)" episode.
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Aug 12, 2021 17:00:04 GMT -5
When Calls the Heart on Hallmark has 10 usually and sadly they don't repeat in the normal season.
When I was a kid the shows run early September to maybe mid March and we had repeats in summer.
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