Should K-dramas finally kill the 16-episode formula?

• J

  Jordan1mo ago

  Every great K-drama has the same disease: brilliant for 12 episodes, then they remember they have to wrap up and panic-write the last 4.

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• S

  Sam1mo ago

  Cable vs streaming already split this. The 16-episode 'rule' is more of a guideline at this point.

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• P

  Priya1mo ago

  Honestly the problem isn't the count, it's that they cast the OST budget and forgot the writers' room.

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• AK

  Alex K.1mo ago

  The mid-season slump is REAL and it's because they pad episode 9-11 to hit the count. Cut the formula, save the pacing.

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• F

  Feli1mo ago

  I LIKE knowing it'll end. No 'will it get renewed' anxiety, no dangling threads forever. 16 and done is a feature, not a bug.

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• YM

  Yuki M.1mo ago

  The two-episode-per-week pacing plus 16 episodes is genuinely the most addictive TV structure ever invented and y'all want to fix it?

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• K

  Kofi1mo ago

  Give a good story 20 episodes and watch it breathe. Give a bad one 16 and watch it suffer. The number isn't the enemy, the padding is.

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• NL

  Noah L.1mo ago

  Daily dramas exist at 100+ episodes and nobody's asking to save THOSE. Be careful what you wish for.

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• M

  Maya1mo ago

  16 episodes is the perfect length. You Western-show people are used to bloated 8-season messes that forget their own plot. We finish ours.

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• Y2

  Yuki 211mo ago

  Keep the format, fix the back half. That's the actual answer nobody wants because 'burn it down' gets more upvotes.

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• F

  Feli1mo ago

  The finale rush ruins more good dramas than bad writing does. So many 9/10 shows end on a 5/10 because of the episode cap.

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• M

  Morgan1mo ago

  Netflix already broke it — half-seasons, splits, varying lengths. The formula is dying and the writing is freer for it.

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