10 Things Everyone Hates About Modern TV

One of the most fiery debates about modern TV involves the worthiness and superiority of the two popular delivery models - weekly and binge.

Traditionally, TV shows have been released on a weekly basis, meaning that shows like 24 - comprised of 24 episodes - would literally take an entire six months to finish airing.

The binge model of consumption has been popularised by streaming services and Netflix in particular, however, whereby an entire season drops at once and you're free to digest it however you please.

Each method has its staunch defenders, but the debate is a tiresome one to have because neither side seems to much appreciate that different models work better for different shows.

Shows like Lost and Twin Peaks: The Return would've absolutely suffered under the binge model, because they offered a lot to unpack each week and the discussion surrounding their respective mysteries helped cultivate a larger following.

Then again, Stranger Things certainly didn't suffer at all from being released at all at once, so there are absolutely outliers.

Comedy series in particular are far more amenable to the binge model - waiting a week to watch a 22-minute sitcom episode feels absolutely agonising today, and without much larger lore to consider, dropping all the episodes at once doesn't do most comedy shows much harm at all.

Clearly the future of TV lies in variable models - some shows are better-suited to a weekly drop, while others are more impactful as binge shows.

Hopefully we might see a little more experimentation with this in the future, like seeing two episodes released per week for Marvel's Disney+ shows. After all, was anyone really dying to sit down and watch What If...? every week?