But – but – but we like 22 episode seasons. LB remembers when they were 24 episodes seasons. Hell, he can even talk about 26 and 39 week seasons – and how many more writers were able to make a good living by doing what they loved in TV. But that was then, and this is now:
by Simon Brew
The announcement from ABC of the finale date for season one of the bumpy Agents Of SHIELDhas revealed that the finale of Marvel’s high profile TV show will land 231 days after the premiere. That’s 33 weeks, over which a 22 episode season has – in the past few months been dribbled out.
Putting aside the numerous complaints aimed at the show, it means that episode 22, the last of season one, will screen on May 13th. Sadly, for those trying to follow the show, the erratic scheduling has made the job several times trickier than it needed to be. Whilst the first ten episodes ran on a weekly basis, since then, it’s been anything but. We had two episodes in January, one in February, two in March, and the final, uninterrupted run will start in April.