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re: What is the deal with AMC splitting their seasons into two parts?
Posted on 10/2/12 at 1:31 pm to Wolf
Posted on 10/2/12 at 1:31 pm to Wolf
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Pretty much the same with justified. Only it's worse because they only do 12 episodes a season
Huh?
Justified runs them straight through. Or are you talking about season 4 being split up?
FX also doesn't split their series up from what I can tell watching SOA, Justified, the League, Its Always Sunny, American Horror story, etc.
I think they did it with the last season of Rescue Me where they did the Breaking Bad method (HBO started it with Sopranos). Although it was still considered season 6/7 even though they were cut in half.
This post was edited on 10/2/12 at 1:33 pm
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Posted on 10/2/12 at 1:42 pm to tylercsbn9
The Shield's last season was split. I like what Archer did, a 3 episode "mini-season" between regular seasons.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 1:45 pm to TigerinATL
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I'm not going to say they're ungreedy, but this kind of success is fleeting. They should milk it for all they can before the network returns to obscurity.
From what I understand they aren't even really asking for my money, but that information could be false. I don't know. As far as returning to obscurity, I'm not sure that will happen. They seem to put out show after show. Who's to say they won't have more hits besides they ones they have now?
Posted on 10/2/12 at 1:56 pm to F machine
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Who's to say they won't have more hits besides they ones they have now?
Who says they will? Right now the Networks are middle men between viewers and studios, that will not always be the case. NetFlix/Amazon/Apple/Hulu/Google will be the middle men of the future. I'd say close to 30% of the "TV" I watch is off of Amazon and NetFlix right now, and that number is growing.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 2:46 pm to TigerinATL
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Who says they will?
If any non-premium network will continue to churn out hits it is AMC and FX. They have an extremely high hit rate it seems.
Both those networks individually have more show that I watch than Fox, CBS, NBC, and ABC combined.
Networks will hand over the rights to Google, Apple, Netlfix over their cold dead bodies. They'll do everything they can, so I don't see it happening anytime soon.
This post was edited on 10/2/12 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 10/2/12 at 2:49 pm to stout
at least in Walking Dead's case it is split up between fall and spring. They did this last season, and it didn't seem too terrible.
waiting an entire year for the conclusion to Breaking Bad is killing me.
waiting an entire year for the conclusion to Breaking Bad is killing me.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 2:53 pm to TDTGodfather
Almost every show on TV is like this. Half the season is in the fall and half in the spring.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 2:57 pm to SUB
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Almost every show on TV is like this. Half the season is in the fall and half in the spring.
Its not in the same manner as something like Walking Dead or Breaking Bad.
Network TV stations like ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox tend of have long seasons spanning September to May with 20 or so episodes each. They always basically don't run new stuff from early/mid December to early/mid January b/c during that time people aren't watching TV as much with the holidays. With AMC and the Walking Dead, they'll have new stuff in October/November and won't be back until like March/April. For Breaking Bad it is a whole year in between. Although I would argue in BB case that the separation is more like two true seasons rather than one.
This post was edited on 10/2/12 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 10/2/12 at 3:31 pm to stout
They are not the same. Seasons have always been split up in fall and spring since the dawn of TV shows. It's just the shows used to have 24 episodes a season so you didn't notice.
Breaking Bad spilt season 5 into two separate FALLS (ie a true year)
Breaking Bad spilt season 5 into two separate FALLS (ie a true year)
Posted on 10/2/12 at 3:32 pm to TigerinATL
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Right now the Networks are middle men between viewers and studios,
Don't those networks fund a lot of these shows though? That definitely helps them keep the shows. I mean, the network is the one paying for distribution of the shows whether it be on tv or internet. They also take care of advertising I assume.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 3:35 pm to stout
i'm pretty sure South Park has been doing this awhile now as well.
Half the season usually starts in the early spring, the other half in the early fall..ie last week
Half the season usually starts in the early spring, the other half in the early fall..ie last week
Posted on 10/2/12 at 3:39 pm to tylercsbn9
Lost season 3 was the first time I remember there being a true prolonged split on a network. Went like 8 and 16 I think with a 2 month break. It was in response to the abortion that was the schedule of season 2.
Posted on 10/2/12 at 3:48 pm to F machine
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Don't those networks fund a lot of these shows though?
They do, and I don't expect all Networks to go away, certainly ones that are good at picking shows people want to watch will stick around, but media hubs and on demand consumption is where we appear to be headed and Networks lose much of their relevance in that setting.
If you watch a show on NetFlix the next episode automatically starts. If you watch a movie related recommendations are shown once it's over. No longer will you end up watching 2 Broke Girls because you left the remote on the other side of the room while watching How I Met Your Mother.
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