Why do we have seasons?

[Todd Tomorrow]

From what I know in Japan evening dramas last for one season between 9 and 11 episodes and then they are done. Sometimes when one was very successful there will be spin-offs but usually that's all you get. So basically they only do what's known in the US and Europe as a mini-series. Daytime dramas are more like US daytime soaps. Low quality and they crank them out daily. Having been to Japan and doing some channel surfing, Japanese TV didn't strike me as particularly high quality, even the "quality" evening shows looked cheap, because they do so many of them. With a show that runs longer like US shows, it's worth investing more in the production.

I prefer being able to revisit a good show every year. I don't think Breaking Bad, The Wire, Game of Thrones or Mad Men would be considered the quality shows they are had they finished after one season.

I live in the UK and find that just as with US cable dramas, shorter seasons generally result in better quality. I just watched The Honourable Woman, 8 episodes and each was brilliant with no filler.

There now is the model of the anthology drama in the US where one season tells a self-contained story which does not get contiuned. True Detective, Fargo and American Horror Story do that. Maybe you should stick to those if you hate ongoing shows with seasons.