{"id":1319116,"date":"2020-03-26T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/ask-matt-why-are-season-finales-now-in-march\/"},"modified":"2020-03-26T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T05:08:00","slug":"ask-matt-why-are-season-finales-now-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/ask-matt-why-are-season-finales-now-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Matt: Why are season finales now in March?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/AEAskMatt-gpi-032720-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/AEAskMatt-gpi-032720-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/AEAskMatt-gpi-032720-2-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/AEAskMatt-gpi-032720-2-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Question: Why are some season finales in March instead of May?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014 Rodney<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Matt Roush: There are several factors behind early spring finales of certain shows: shorter episode orders, which could be either a creative or economic decision, and\/or fewer repeats meaning that some shows that might once have stretched out their run into May now end sooner. The networks are also into sharing time periods during midseason, which either interrupts a show\u2019s run by trying out a new series in its time slot or ending the season earlier than before. While there still exists a traditional broadcast-network season from late September to midMay, the networks are a lot less tied to this timetable than they once were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Question: \u201cYear of the Rabbit\u201d on IFC had me laughing out loud. Can you tell me anything about it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">\u2014Lorna<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Matt Roush: This Victorian era detective spoof really is a hoot. (Some episodes are available on IFC\u2019s website; it ran through March 25 on Wednesdays.) The six-episode series first aired in the UK last summer, and its star Matt Berry can also be seen in FX\u2019s uproarious vampire comedy \u201cWhat We Do in the Shadows\u201d (returning for a second season on April 15). Best news: Rabbit has been picked up for a second year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">To submit questions to TV Critic Matt Roush, go to: tvinsider.com @TVGMMattRoush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/ask-matt-why-are-season-finales-now-in-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Why are some season finales in March instead of May? \u2014 Rodney Matt Roush: There are several factors behind early spring finales of certain shows: shorter episode orders, which could be either a creative or economic decision, and\/or fewer repeats meaning that some shows that might once have stretched out their run into May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 20:19:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}