The below is about broadcast TV. Yes, this makes me feel old.
I tend to agree. The first episode of most series is a waste with lots of character introductions. Most people that stay watching catch a random episode and start from there anyway. The first episode won’t loop for like 6 months and people figure it out.
Plus the first is often the demo episode and the rest are made months or years later once they have funding.
Also, the producers figure out a lot. For example, check out “Corner Gas”, where the first filmed episode was the second aired. They made a large number of adjustments after creating that episode.
Corner gas doesn’t really need character introductions. That’s the whole point of the show being set in a bodunk town that’s the same as every other bodunk town.
The below is about broadcast TV. Yes, this makes me feel old.
I tend to agree. The first episode of most series is a waste with lots of character introductions. Most people that stay watching catch a random episode and start from there anyway. The first episode won’t loop for like 6 months and people figure it out.
Plus the first is often the demo episode and the rest are made months or years later once they have funding.
Also, the producers figure out a lot. For example, check out “Corner Gas”, where the first filmed episode was the second aired. They made a large number of adjustments after creating that episode.
Film an intro episode and then don’t air it.
Corner gas doesn’t really need character introductions. That’s the whole point of the show being set in a bodunk town that’s the same as every other bodunk town.