Look, assuming #LowerDecks season 5 is 10 episodes, that means the whole show is 50 episodes. That's not even two seasons of #TNG, and it's not even one season of TNG in terms of runtime.
I'm not saying CBS had no cause to cancel the show, though if I'm being honest it, is just a cynical corporate move meant to ensure profit margins aren't hurt at the expense of all the stuff that anyone who isn't a shareholder actually wants.
I'm saying that #television is following an unsustainable model
@forgottrek I'm going to take different position as someone who grew up with TNG. Shorter seasons are ok. The 25 ep season was an artifact of broadcast television with very specific programming requirements.
Also TNG, and to a lesser degree, DS9, ENT, and VOY, were serial shows with often no overarching story season to season. So you get very random episodes and oftwn thenprior episode has no impact on the following one. 1/
@InkySchwartz when every show was forced to be 26 episodes per season you got lots of bloat, stinkers, and mistakes of an episode
Now shows dont get to let their characters breath or be in wacky situations while needlessly padding time so that the episodes are bingeable at the ends
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