• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      They’d typically still have a central cast that played a major role in every episode. For instance, on the various broadcast TV Star Trek shows the captain would almost always have a major role. I’m talking about separating things to the point that the different episode-types could have their own cast and crew and film simultaneously.

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        They used to do that but in the same episode. Is one of the reasons hour long shows often had an A story and B story.

        It also made commercial breaks less jarring as you were already used to bouncing between stories.