Stranger Things creators think yearly TV releases create "diminishing returns" as they defend the gaps between the Netflix show's seasons: "I like the build-up"

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The Duffer brothers aren't interested in 20-episode seasons of TV that come out every year

Eleven in Stranger Things season 4, episode 9
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Stranger Things showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer have defended the sizeable breaks between seasons of the hit Netflix show, saying that they like the "build-up" between installments of TV.

"I get fatigued watching 20-episode seasons," Matt Duffer said at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit. "We didn’t grow up interested in any of that. We only watched movies. That’s the weird thing that we ended up in TV, because we had almost zero interest in television."

"If TV shows come out every year, it’s diminishing return," he added. "I like the build-up."

By contrast, The Walking Dead boss Scott Gimple recently told GamesRadar+, "I think there are certain core elements of television that are oddly being left behind for, to me, no discernible reason. The Walking Dead, just as a case study, was shot pretty much – up until COVID, that changed some things – May/June to October/November.

Emily Garbutt
Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related. I help bring you all the latest news, features, and reviews, as well as helming our Big Screen Spotlight column. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.

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