TV Tuesday: Seasons and An Announcement

[yourlibrarian]

Do you prefer short seasons for your shows, long seasons, or no seasons at all, like soap operas that go on without a clear break? What do you consider the minimum number of episodes to make up an effective season of a TV show?

Also, an announcement! Starting January 12 the mods would like to kick off a weeklong rec fest. Although people do rec shows on other days, we thought a tagged recs event would help newcomers find shows they might enjoy more easily.

So for 7 days of genres we'll have Sunday: Family viewing/Children's Shows, Monday: Comedies, Tuesday: Dramas, Wednesday: Sci Fi/Fantasy, Thursday: Mysteries or Horror, Friday: Romances, and Saturday: Miscellaneous (any shows you don't think fit the other categories!)

We hope you'll put together some recs to share over the next month -- they can be shows you've discussed before in other tv_talk posts, new things you've just tried out, or shows others have recced before!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

The amount of time spent with the characters does make a difference (perhaps answering the question of does quality time really matter more than quantity of time?)

I've noticed that with older TV shows with long runs, I've often developed a fondness for the characters even if I'm not that engaged with the show. For example, Mission Impossible, the very definition of a show centered around plot, I found that the characters grew on me.

[naushika]

I am the same way. I'm currently watching Criminal Minds, and regarding the episode plots themselves, I can take or leave it most of the time. But what I am enjoying is getting to know the characters in this world, which is why I keep watching. Good characters can make up for a lot of flaws in the show at large, imo.