QUOTE(uncamark @ Dec 7 2005, 08:52 PM)
QUOTE(Jimmy Owen @ Dec 7 2005, 09:59 AM)
The US is becoming more like the old British TV model with short-run series and "seasons" of 5-8 episodes, while the UK is adopting 52 week committments, like American TV used to do.
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Not true for scripted programming, though--and as writer-driven as scripted programming in the UK is, that's not going to change any time in the foreseeable future.
For purposes of comparison, how many series does "Countdown" usually do a year and how many episodes per series?
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Two series a year generally and it's on every weekday without breaks (except over Christmas, I
think.)
It used to be two series sharing it's timeslot with 15-1, then they were both on all year round and Countdown had four series, now they do two longer series per year.