I mean this is a specific format of the west. Korean dramas, for instance, do not necessarily have that format. I assume you’ve watched Severance, by the way.
Otherwise I would note Dark, Foundation, Altered Carbon
I also don’t see it’s substantively more notable than the old 20-24 episode monster of the week format that was prominent prior to streamnig.
Did you like the shows you listed there?
For my money, I’d just gotten tired of the whole streaming TV schtick. Modern TV seasons are too often written like cheap LOTR trilogies (8-12 x 40-60 mins = LOTR trilogy runtime) with filler and contrived drama or stakes. Compared to a decent or good film, modern TV kinda sucks IMO. I’m rather sad right now TBH.
What modern TV have you seen? What sort of thigs do you like?
I said steam storefront, so I don’t mean specifically asking for a subscription service. I mean if I want to watch a TV show now, I have to subscribe to a service. There’s no option to buy it digitally in most cases.
True, but this is also because there’s no Steam Storefront option for people who like to watch TV.
You can still find that format in network TV. Of course it’s mostly police, medical and lawyer shows but then that was always the case then anyway. A lot of younger people don’t like the MOTW of the week ‘chilled’ format because everything felt irrelevant. The plot would resolve within the episode and the team would live, except maybe on a mid-season episode or end of-season arc. Everything would feel flat. Most modern TV shows are indeed now long-form movies (if we’re being reductive) but the extra time to build and advance wider plots and do larger worldbuilding is why, or partially why, they’ve eaten into the diversity of contemporary cinema.