This is always a hot topic imo, but let's get an official poll. What's the best way to watch TV?

I think a new hit like Widow's Bay proves that weekly drops of TV are still the best way to watch TV, plus the full season drop of Spider-Noir having come and gone with barely a blip, cements that.

I'm always pro full drop. I like having the flexibility to watch however much I want and when I want.

Weekly for me! There's always too much to watch (and read, and play), so I often feel like I miss the moment with full drops. I still haven't finished Spider-Noire, and by the time I do, the internet will already have moved on from it.

I don't like the pressure of having to watch everything as fast as possible, and I like it more when I have the chance to watch things in a more leisurely way.

Also weekly, for the most part - makes things feel like more of an event, builds more conversation, and I remember more about the shows after digesting for a week, which usually means I like them more. Comedies I'm probably more inclined to binge though

4 hours ago, MattAguilarCB said:

I'm always pro full drop. I like having the flexibility to watch however much I want and when I want.

I can definitely see the appeal here, but also find that it means things get left behind! Poor Spider-Noir feels left in the dust right now

Weekly episodes. Let the brain digest.

Weekly episode drops. I've been trying to watch Spider-Noir while keeping up on movies, watching my Knicks in the NBA Finals, and playing games. There's too much. I still have half of the season to go. Sometimes I won't watch an episode for a couple of days. If it had a weekly release schedule, it'd be much easier to keep up without feeling like I"m falling behind.

I'm still a major fan of weekly drops - because I love the speculation and watercooler talk. I understand I'm in the minority these days but I don't really like that for a lot of shows, there's so much less (or next-to-no) discussion these days.

I’d kill for more weekly 20 plus episode seasons

9 hours ago, Ben Kendrick said:

I'm still a major fan of weekly drops - because I love the speculation and watercooler talk. I understand I'm in the minority these days but I don't really like that for a lot of shows, there's so much less (or next-to-no) discussion these days.

I think this thread is proving you're not in the minority!

As an old head, weekly is definitely what I prefer. But funny enough I do also like binging when I really like a show. If I get tired I just take a break for a while and then watch the rest, but if it's good I'll watch it in quick succession. It does hurt when it comes to trying to remember everything when the next season comes out 3 years later tho lol

Late to the game here but I also prefer a weekly release. I like having something to look forward to, and if everything drops at once, I tend to rush through it too quickly.

I think it's safe to say that we've settled the debate here, and that everyone should go back to weekly releases.

Controversial opinion here: It depends on the writing. Imo part of the problem is that you should really write differently for a weekly drop and a binge model; for a weekly drop, you want things to chew over, whereas there should be more momentum to binge. Imo the biggest mistake studios and streamers make is assuming they can make shows the same way and choose the model later. The mode should actively shape the writing and production.

4 hours ago, Tom Bacon said:

Controversial opinion here: It depends on the writing. Imo part of the problem is that you should really write differently for a weekly drop and a binge model; for a weekly drop, you want things to chew over, whereas there should be more momentum to binge. Imo the biggest mistake studios and streamers make is assuming they can make shows the same way and choose the model later. The mode should actively shape the writing and production.

You're absolutely right that this decision is clearly being made one way and then the release pattern doesn't reflect it later. Great call

Definitely weekly, I’m in agreement with TB, weekly needs a cool hook at the end of every episode where full drops have mostly seemed like a movie with “Let’s all go to the lobby” breaks.

What I really just want is for people to stop treating television as a movie they can break into episodes. That sort of storytelling only works in very, very specific circumstances (and I'm not even talking about shows designed to binge -- there is a difference). You can't just make one big story and chop it into sections effectively without a plan and it feels more often than not that a lot of tv shows are trying to do that even in a binge model.