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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'd also make a distinction between TV series that tell a specific story (eg a book adaptation), and those which are simply episodic in nature. An adaptation of a book should tell the story in as few episodes are necessary to do the job properly, whereas an episodic series (eg something like "Death in Paradise" - a police series set on a Caribbean island) can essentially go on as long as it has fresh stories to tell.
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I agree that if doing a book adaptation such as
The Little Drummer Girl or
Sharr Objects, you do it how it needs to be done and 6-10 episodes works. But some series are too short. 6-10 episodes for a show like
Death in Paradise, Still Game,
Mrs. Brown's Boys, or
Still Open All Hours are too short.