Mainly because we don't have a million channels so we can't have one show hogging up all the time. As well as allocation of budgets, one show couldn't eat up a channel's budget. Soaps were the biggest return on investment so they'd get the bigger budgets. And British soaps were phenomenal from the 80s to the 2000s. Other factors include 1 show would only have one writer, not a team like in the states, but mainly it is just allocation of time slots on only 4 channels
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Reply to [Super Curious] 🫠Why is British TV series short like every season holds up for 6 episodes max? by aparnasesha
Mainly because we don't have a million channels so we can't have one show hogging up all the time. As well as allocation of budgets, one show couldn't eat up a channel's budget. Soaps were the biggest return on investment so they'd get the bigger budgets. And British soaps were phenomenal from the 80s to the 2000s. Other factors include 1 show would only have one writer, not a team like in the states, but mainly it is just allocation of time slots on only 4 channels