Was that really a joke? What about people like me who have 6 children, sorry only 3 children, it just feels like 6 – and really do watch in bursts of 1 or 2 episodes?
I think this episodic design is intrinsic and to the format and standard. Nobody’s going to watch a 6 hour movie, for example, are they?
To me the issue the new format highlighted was that certain characters had a tougher time carrying an entire episode. I found Buster and George / Oscar and GOB were able to do a great job with it, Lindsey was particularly weak.
I liked the new format, it was a refreshing change, you are not forced to marathon the whole thing, we watched 2 episodes a day.