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Nowadays, network TV shows in the United States (with the exception of news programs and daytime soap operas) usually have about 22 episodes per season, give or take one or two. But networks rarely have enough confidence in a new show to order all 22 at once. Typically, the first 13 episodes will be ordered, followed by the remaining 9 if ratings are high enough. These sets of episodes are referred to as the "Front 13" and "Back 9", with the latter term being more commonly used. The front 13 are often produced before any episodes are aired and before there can be any public feedback. If the creators are doubtful about the back 9 being ordered, the 13th episode often contains some kind of resolution so the audience isn't left hanging. Short-Runners often have 12 or 13 episodes produced, even if not all of them were aired. For clarification, there are two elements to this Production Trope: It has to air at or near the start of the Channel's standard broadcast season, which automatically disqualifies the premiere season of a Midseason Replacement. Though the series started "on time", the Executives' original order did not cover the full season and/or the first half of the Season is self-contained compared to the second half (the halves need not be equal). The length of the "season" does not matter; theoretically a cable channel whose seasons are 13-16 episodes can still have a show suffer this if the initial order was for only 8 episodes.note Conversely, a show in the Black-and-White era had seasons of up to 36 episodes; this Trope could apply if the production order would only get the series to the February Sweeps, i.e. 15-20 episodes. Also, this does not necessarily apply to only the first season; a show that is Only Barely Renewed can also qualify, provided that the two halves of the season were separate orders or the production crew had reason to believe that they would be told to Wrap It Up before May. The most obvious signs of this Trope in a series that gets to/past (e.g.) the February Sweeps (apart from Word of God) are the additions or alterations of important elements or a change in show atmosphere midway through the first Season (as opposed to between the first and second seasons) or a Series Fauxnale in the middle of any season. Compare 12-Episode Anime and British Brevity, the latter of which denotes a country with a short broadcast season. Contrast Cut Short, where a series doesn't even make the full Front 13 or only makes 13 when it had been promised more. Sub-Trope of Layout of a Season, the kinda Strictly Formula structuring of a show's seasons. The term is derived from the Golf terms "front-" and "back-nine", likely because the golf course is the common executive foraging grounds. |
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Though its first half was as a Midseason Replacement, Dollhouse's second season qualifies. FOX made the 13-episode order primarily due to fan response; the execs, in turn, excluded the series from the November Sweeps, though at least they ran the complete half-order this time. | |
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