Yay, glad to hear we'll have some recs to kick us off with!

And yes, the overall runtime does matter a lot. Having someone try out 2 or 3 episodes is an easier sell when it's shorter. What's interesting is to see how seasons changed just over the run of a single show. A lot started out with the standard 22 and then shrank slowly to 13 or even 8 as seasons went on.