# Do you prefer one long thread about a TV show's season, or new threads for each episode?

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**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-one-long-thread-about-a-tv-shows-season-or-new-threads-for-each-episode/548191 "2010-07-27T15:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-one-long-thread-about-a-tv-shows-season-or-new-threads-for-each-episode/548191/21 "2010-07-29T08:33:49Z")

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In general I prefer separate threads, but I make an exception for \<blank\>.

Shows which have less interest here and therefore can only realistically sustain a season long thread…

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-one-long-thread-about-a-tv-shows-season-or-new-threads-for-each-episode/548191/22 "2010-07-29T08:58:18Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> > [@tr0psn4j](#):
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> > One thread per episode is nice, but some shows aren’t popular enough to warrant it.
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> This.

Also this. Which I only posted to back up my vote.

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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-one-long-thread-about-a-tv-shows-season-or-new-threads-for-each-episode/548191/23 "2010-07-29T19:04:26Z")

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I prefer separate threads. If I see a single thread for a show I’m unfamiliar with, it makes me think it’s a crappy show.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-one-long-thread-about-a-tv-shows-season-or-new-threads-for-each-episode/548191/24 "2010-07-31T01:19:15Z")

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I really don’t have a problem with one long thread, as long at the different episodes are clearly delineated. I liked how the Doctor Who threads went, except for that one thing.

An easy way to handle that would be to use the post title to indicate that you are the first post about the new episode. and if the show is older, then everything up until the episode in that title shoul always be spoilered, ala Olives’s Buffy thread.

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