Streaming becoming old-school again

[merv60]

  When streaming services started we had the beginning of what became known as binge-watching, mostly because a whole season would drop in one go, ready to watch. However, I've been noticing recently that streaming platforms are going back to the old ways & releasing episodes weekly. Remember those good ol' days when we had to wait a week to see how our hero would get out of the cliffhanger they had been left in? Or to see if Ross & Rachel really were on a break? It seems odd that we have gone back to this way of watching ( unless of course you're prepared to wait for every episode to drop before you watch ). I liked having a whole season ready to go but I'm seeing it happen less & less.

[nigea99]

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@merv60 wrote:

  When streaming services started we had the beginning of what became known as binge-watching, mostly because a whole season would drop in one go, ready to watch. However, I've been noticing recently that streaming platforms are going back to the old ways & releasing episodes weekly. Remember those good ol' days when we had to wait a week to see how our hero would get out of the cliffhanger they had been left in? Or to see if Ross & Rachel really were on a break? It seems odd that we have gone back to this way of watching ( unless of course you're prepared to wait for every episode to drop before you watch ). I liked having a whole season ready to go but I'm seeing it happen less & less.

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I am guessing this is likely for happening more & more with the aim of stopping subscribers from cancelling until the series is finished (and maybe then hook them with the next one)

[merv60]

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@nigea99 wrote:

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@merv60 wrote:

  When streaming services started we had the beginning of what became known as binge-watching, mostly because a whole season would drop in one go, ready to watch. However, I've been noticing recently that streaming platforms are going back to the old ways & releasing episodes weekly. Remember those good ol' days when we had to wait a week to see how our hero would get out of the cliffhanger they had been left in? Or to see if Ross & Rachel really were on a break? It seems odd that we have gone back to this way of watching ( unless of course you're prepared to wait for every episode to drop before you watch ). I liked having a whole season ready to go but I'm seeing it happen less & less.

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I am guessing this is likely for happening more & more with the aim of stopping subscribers from cancelling until the series is finished (and maybe then hook them with the next one)

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  @nigea99  Good point, you could be onto something there.

[nolte]

"When I was young, if you missed your programme when it was on, you missed it altogether. There's still episodes of Cagney & lacey I haven't seen"

Martin freeman's character in Breeders

I do like this weekly thing. I made latest seasons of "only murders"and "atlanta" my Sunday night viewing recently (apart from last episodes.) She-hulk I think will be Saturday night viewing.

With binging, I may put things on watchlists and never get to

[LGUser]

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@nolte wrote:

"When I was young, if you missed your programme when it was on, you missed it altogether. There's still episodes of Cagney & lacey I haven't seen"

Martin freeman's character in Breeders

I do like this weekly thing. I made latest seasons of "only murders"and "atlanta" my Sunday night viewing recently (apart from last episodes.) She-hulk I think will be Saturday night viewing.

With binging, I may put things on watchlists and never get to

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I had access to twoVCRs on different TVs so I could record two different programs. But for the shows I was unable to watch when they were first run, we had the summer reruns to watch them.