For decades, TV series fans sat on the sofa, cursing. The tension built on screen, the characters were on the verge of finally kissing, breaking up or being murdered – then the credits rolled.

There was a week’s wait until the next episode of Dallas, Game of Thrones or Friends.

But then streaming services like Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ put an end to this cliffhanger stress. They put all the episodes online at once – cementing the binge-watching movement that had been growing since the era of DVD box sets.

Yet some providers are moving away from this model. Instead of entire seasons, we are now seeing weekly episodes or split seasons again.

Binge-watching describes the continuous viewing of several episodes or entire seasons often in a single night or over a weekend.

Users immerse themselves completely in the series; the next episode is just a click away.