e386. Unpacking Long-Running TV: From Sitcoms to Soap Operas

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e386. Unpacking Long-Running TV: From Sitcoms to Soap Operas

The VoxPopcast

2 months ago

e386. Unpacking Long-Running TV: From Sitcoms to Soap Operas

They don’t make TV like they used to. They quite literally just don’t!. There’s lots of business reasons for this and culture changes and just an over abundance of content vs what there used to be. But for better or worse, the day epic 20+ season runs of several hundred episodes are probably behind us, with the exception of a couple shows that are still on the air. So on today’s epsidoe, which literally came to Monica in a dream, she Mav and Wayne are joined by returning guest Blake Collins to talk about the evolution of television with respect to long-form story telling. Listen and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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