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07/12/2014 11:49 am
Was ep 10 the last one? Don't remember if feeling like it was the end of a season. Is there more?
07/12/2014 2:29 pm
Mid-season break, back in Jan 2015.
When did mid-season breaks became a thing?
07/12/2014 4:32 pm
As said, mid season break, I believe there is 22 episodes in season 1 and season 2 is already confirmed
07/12/2014 4:56 pm
When did mid-season breaks became a thing?
When we stopped getting shows two years after they'd been aired in the US.
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07/12/2014 5:20 pm
Hurry up January if that's the case.
15/12/2014 10:41 pm
Enjoying bits of Gang of Four, Sex Pistols and Bauhaus in this episode!
15/12/2014 10:46 pm
When did mid-season breaks became a thing?
Partly due to sweeps.
Television stations often implement a hiatus for their programs to split up a season so it will run longer until the next season. Some programs also go on hiatus so that their television networks can reserve episodes for airing during ratings sweeps, wherein networks compute their television advertising fees based on their programs' ratings during that period. Programs "return from hiatus" in time for the sweeps period so as to generate high ratings, and as such usually include special content in programming such as guest stars, controversial and unexpected plots or topics, extended episodes, and finales.
The rest is down to clearing the schedules during holiday seasons for sporting events/xmas stuff etc, and also spreading out your content.
15/12/2014 10:51 pm
I'm only up to Episode 4...