Last week was all about what we loved from 2024, and this week’s chat is for the opposite. What was one thing you didn’t love this year in dramas?
For me, hands down, it’s all the split-into-two-part dramas we encountered, as well as the “Surprise! Time for season two!” announcements. Back in the days of yore, a drama’s single-season and continuous run format was taken for granted. It was drama gospel. It was how the thing was done. But now, we never seem to know what we’re getting. Will we get a full-length drama that cuts off abruptly, only to possibly maybe continue its story? Or will we get something even worse: the full-length drama that’s been needlessly split into two parts, just because. I hope this is a trend that dies with 2024, because I like my dramas to be 12 to 16 episodes straight through. Hands off the scissors, people. There will be no cutting up of my drama.
What’s one thing that dramas did in 2024 that you didn’t love?