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ELI5: Why are TV shows making less episodes now per season than they did in the past? Wouldn't they make more money with more episodes?

A TV show on average would produce 25+ episodes a season. Now we'd be lucky to get 12.
gpt
Because a lot of the time some shows don't have enough content per season to stretch to that amount of time. When they are able to compact it into less episodes, more resources can be put into those episodes. This leads to a better show in general. Better shows bring more viewers which can attract advertising that can make you more money.

For example, compare Game of Thrones to the Flash. Both are good shows. The flash while good ends up stretching its content into "fluff" episodes which aren't too good. In fact you only have to watch about 7 - 8 of the 22 or so episodes of the first season to get the meaningful parts of the story. With Game of Thrones however, almost every part of every episode is meaningful. Each episode is about 50 or so minutes long and there is only 10 episodes a season.. 

Which one makes more money?