Greetings!One of the consequences of the jump to streaming has been the disruption in just how many hours of a particularly show are actually produced, and how frequently they come out. The days of 22-episode seasons coming out like clockwork each year are largely dead. Nowadays, you're lucky to get eight episodes out of your favorite show, with huge, multi-year gaps between seasons. The idea was to make each season more cinematic, cutting all the fat out of those longer seasons. But the unintended consequence was creating a barrier that has kept audiences from developing the same kind of sticky relationship they have for past television stalwarts like "Friends" or "The Office." But, according to HBO CEO Casey Bloys, that might be changing. Bloys, who was celebrating "The Pitt's" big Emmy wins for best drama, best actor for Noah Wyle and best supporting actress Katherine LaNasa, told our own Loree Seitz that the success of the medical drama's 15-episode first season "The Pitt" opens the door for TV to "go back to the formula" of longer seasons and annual returns. "‘The Pitt’ shows that you can also go back to the formula that was perfected over decades of doing more than 10 episodes … and setting up a show that can return on an annual basis, which was a really important part of television, being there for viewers and fans to spend time with the characters on a more regular basis," Bloys said. Those 22-episode seasons used to garner criticism that they were too bloated, but the pendulum swung too far the other way. Getting a few more episodes and a more regular cadence of release dates could do wonders for shows looking to grow their fanbases. Roger Cheng PS: Jeffrey Katzenberg. Irving Azoff. Jerry Bruckheimer. All and more at TheGrill 2025. Subscribers get 40% off with WrapPRO40. 
"The Pitt" Emmy wins capped off a strong night for HBO and HBO Max, with 30 wins tying with Netflix and coming ahead of Apple TV+... 
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