Why Is Space Force Season 2 Only 7 Episodes Long?
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Space Force season 2.
Netflix's Space Force season 2 is shorter than its predecessor with only seven episodes rather than 10, so why the change?.. The workplace comedy from previous The Office collaborators, Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, is back for its sophomore year. But as exciting as this is for viewers who have been waiting to see what's next for General Mark Naird (Carell) and his team, some can't help but be curious why the streaming giant decreased the show's number of episodes.
Premiering in May 2020, Space Force follows Naird as he becomes a four-star general and new leader of Space Force — the sixth branch of United States Armed Forces. Throughout his first year, he and his team encountered a string of issues including increased scrutiny from Congress for their bloated budget and a tense rivalry with China on the moon. In Space Force season 2, Naird is able to keep his job despite everything that happened in the organization's first year. But his problems don't stop there as he now has to run Space Force with a halved budget which births more issues for his team.
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Naird's story inSpace Force season 2, however, had to be efficiently tackled since it only had seven episodes, three fewer than season 1 did. For those wondering why, it all boiled down to the changes made to its production on the heels of its debut year. Despite the hype surrounding the project considering Carell and Daniel's past successful collaboration, Space Force season 1 got mixed reviews. At one point, some didn't even think that it would be renewed for another season. Thankfully, it did. When the news broke out, however, it was revealed that it would
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