Oooo so this is insider speak, sorta.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has been picked up for 13 episodes next season by Fox and David Austin Green is hired on as a series regular.
This is an interesting development for 2 reasons:
1) 13 episode orders are usually for shows that they just BARELY decided to bring back.
2) Shows that are just barely picked up aren’t usually allowed to pick up new series regulars
3) Launching in the fall for a show that advertisers love is usually a hallmark of a show that is firmly entrenched which belies the 13 episode run.
I am confused. For every signal there is that the show is on tenuous ground, there are 3 that it is in good standing. I personally love the show but it’s odd.
The only thing I can think of is the creators want to do 10-13 episode runs a’la the BBC for every season or Fox is changing it’s format so more shows will be only doing 13 episode runs when possible so they can keep up their new 365 day new show schedule.
I hope it’s the latter because there are a ton of shows that have no business having full 24 episode arcs for the season’s story. Sitcoms it’s OK, most dramas though should be 10-13 episode runs per year.
We’ll see what happens.
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