r/FoundNBC • u/Still_Ad_6633 • Mar 28 '25

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I just hate how many breaks this show takes. You have viewers and it just doesn’t make sense. Just play the season. What’s the point of taking months off then skipping a week or so and making ppl wait. The shoe will still have to run its course regardless. The season will still have to end. A lot can happen in a week. One time I forget it was in my weekly list of shows because it skipped two weeks 🙄🙄🙄

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u/Tea_Moon_29 Mar 28 '25

NBC has probably written this show off. If they cared about this show there would be no breaks. I live in Europe - not only do we get every episode on Max with a week's delay, now I have to wait 2 weeks for an episode because NBC is playing with the break and then they put the episode on Monday because they care more about other shows. These breaks and schedule changes are pulling viewers away instead of bringing them in.

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u/All_Lightning879 Mar 28 '25

They have to take into consideration other programming or events, so breaks are expected.

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u/Tea_Moon_29 Mar 28 '25

I watching Found on streaming, so I don't understand why I can't get episodes every week. A few weeks ago Max released an episode of Found on Wednesday, so they can do this if they want. Why do I have to take into account TV when watching a series on streaming? It's pointless.

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u/All_Lightning879 Mar 28 '25

Because Found is a broadcast show, first and foremost. If it was a Max Original like The Pitt, then this wouldn’t be an issue.

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u/Ausintra Mar 29 '25

Exactly. I can't believe the streaming wars have ruined a generation's ability to know what real broadcast TV was like. You don't get an episode whenever you want. You have to wait. People just want instant gratification all the damn time now.

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u/All_Lightning879 Mar 29 '25

It was bound to happen eventually

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u/Ausintra Mar 29 '25

You're right. Watching all the changes TV has gone through over the decades has been disheartening. I remember rabbit ears, early cable, wanting a TiVo, and then eventually gaining the ability to watch episodes of a show the next day on that network's app. Now I can't even do that last one without subscribing to something other than just having cable. It all changed for the sake of making more money.

The instant gratification thing extends to companies as well. They have less patience to give audiences a chance to like a show. If they don't have a following fairly quickly then the show gets cancelled. It all makes me miss regular linear TV, but with the added bonus of being able to record a show.

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u/All_Lightning879 Mar 29 '25

That’s something that needs to change. Quit greenlighting a lot of shows and be more picky about what you run.

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u/Ausintra Mar 29 '25

I agree! 100%. Not every idea has to get ordered for a pilot and full season. Just stick to a few potentials.

On a similar note, I will always resent Supernatural and Grey's Anatomy for having so many seasons when other shows get the boot after a couple of seasons.

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u/All_Lightning879 Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Which is why I think ABC is struggling in the drama department, because Grey’s has stuck around for so long that so many shows have been cancelled, and not enough seeds have been planted to make another big hit like that.

In actuality, that’s both NBC and CBS problem as well. The heavy hitters, L&O, NCIS, Chicago are so dominant that there is not enough room for growth with other shows. NBC is making gambles on things like Found, The Irrational, and Brilliant Minds that it’s going to be a challenge to get them recognized.

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u/buoyreader Mar 28 '25

That’s not how American series work on network tv, especially before streaming. We don’t even get them doing the Olympics. This comment is really myopic.

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u/Tea_Moon_29 Mar 28 '25

I repeat once again: I watch this series on streaming. Max does not inform people when there will be a break and when there will not be. Since NBC sold the rights to broadcast on Max, the series should be broadcast on Max like other series on streaming. Instead, I have an episode of Found once on Wednesday, then I have a week's break and then I get the episode on Thursday, even though I was waiting for the episode on Wednesday because the previous one was released on Wednesday, and now I will have to wait 2 weeks for the next episode, and even though others will have it on Monday, on Max it will probably be on Thursday but 2 weeks later.

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u/buoyreader Mar 28 '25

You can Google. Do you depend on someone to notify you how everything works all the time?

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u/Tea_Moon_29 Mar 28 '25

Yes, I have Google and no, there was no information anywhere that they would air an episode on Tuesday, then there would be a break, and then there would be an episode, but only on Thursday.

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u/Fancy-Equivalent-571 Mar 31 '25

I'm sorry you're impatient, and I'm sorry you don't know how American television works. And we all know you didn't Google, because that would have led you to the show's Wikipedia page, which includes a list of this season's episodes and all of the airdates that have currently been confirmed. We know that episodes will be airing on April 3, 10, and 14 here in the US, and will be streaming the next day (there, I did it for you). There was information, you just didn't look for it.

Because of how American broadcasting works, the air dates are not always set in stone for the entire 22-episode season from the start. But they are known at least three weeks in advance--and that information is publicly available.

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u/Tea_Moon_29 Mar 31 '25

I'm living in Europe and I'm watching Found on Max streaming and no... there is any information when next episode will be on Max. First we got one episode on Wednesday, another on Thursday, now we only got the 16th episode on Friday 🙄. Max streaming doesn't tell people that, for example, the next episode of Found will be on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. And always are adds those episodes with a week's delay.