On the flip side, I mourn the 20+ episode season. Only Prodigy has gotten a full length season in NuTrek. (They were half hour, your preference.) Strange New Worlds deserved better than only 10 episode at a time, like it was a mid-season replacement, testing the waters.

Lower Decks fits that format and it works considering the medium.

TOS through now is still about an hour, disregarding the 2-parters and feature length episodes. What's changed is season length. 10 episodes is the new norm. Used to be 26-ish.

I too would happily watch 20 minute episodes about Morn.

It would the sign of a good group of talented writers ... to constrain them to a 20 minute slot and still make an entertaining and informative show.

I'm with you on the 20 minute format ... I constantly scroll through shows thinking I just want to sit down for half an hour and watch something fast, then go do something else ... instead I end up scrolling for half an hour and then giving up, getting up and go do something else. Or else I'll watch half a 40/50 minute episode and watch the rest later.