Disney+ Will Release Weekly Episodes Of Its Streaming Shows Instead Of Using The Binge Model
Disney+ is positioning itself as a major competitor to Netflix, but one question we’ve had for months is how the new streaming service will make its episodes available for consumption. Will they copy the Netflix model, releasing entire seasons at once for maximum bingeability? Or will they choose a method more akin to something like Hulu, where only one episode of a series is released per week?
Now we have the answer. Here’s what we know so far.
According toTVLine, Disney+ shows will be released once per week instead of a full season dropping all at once.
Earlier this week, during the announcement of theOne Day at Disneyfeature documentary, coffee table book, and subsequent streaming series, a press release informed us that the project would kick off with a feature length movie and then “more than 50OneDayat Disneyshorts, ranging in length between 4 to 7 minutes long and each profiling a single remarkable person and their fascinating job, will debut each week.” But because of the short-form nature of those episodes (which actually sounds like something that would be onQuibi), we still weren’t sure if that meant that Disney+ as a whole would adopt the “one episode per week” approach.
But frankly, I’m happy this is the way they’ve chosen to go. Dropping entire seasons at once has drastically altered the way we talk about television, and I relished the experiences of watching major shows likeGame of ThronesandTwin Peaks: The Returnweek to week, giving us a breather between episodes and some time to digest the art on an episodic basis instead of cramming an entire season in a weekend and instantly moving on to the next thing.
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