Ten is too many, but what is the perfect length for a TV series?

Hulu’s chief has suggested that the Handmaid’s Tale could run for a hefty 10 seasons, a figure that already feels excessive. But how long should a show go on for? We crunch the numbers …

Great news – knockabout family romcom The Handmaid’s Tale may continue for 10 seasons. This, according to Hulu chief executive, Randy Freer, who points out: “One of the benefits for creators in the streaming world [is that] shows can take a natural progression, they can live for as long as they should live or they can end.”

Or is it? The second season has already been criticised as “torture porn”. Episode one featured kicking, electrocution with cattle prods, being burned on a gas stove, and having urine dumped over people standing on the gallows. At the present rate, it’s hard to know where the dystopia could end up by season 10, except a real life version of Clockwork Orange’s Ludovico technique.

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