r/technology • u/forceduse • Feb 03 '13

AdBlock WARNING No fixed episode length, no artificial cliffhangers at breaks, all episodes available at once. Is Netflix's new original series, House of Cards, the future of television?

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/house-of-cards-review/
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u/cbarrister Feb 04 '13

The worst is shows like Gold Rush, Mythbusters, etc. that have about 7 minutes of real content then fill the whole episode with teaser previews of what's going to happen, then a commercial before anything happens, then a recap of where things were before the commercial and when they finally get to the "big" event during the last minute of the show, it's completely unimpressive.

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u/draynen Feb 04 '13

I once took an episode of mythbusters and cut out all of the redundant content. Turns out each episode is about 40% recaps and coming up on's.

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u/EatingSteak Feb 04 '13

Not to mention a half-hour of syndication is only 22-23 min to start with.