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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 113838" data-attributes="member: 370">Actually it was 100 for the longest time until about a decade ago. The real number nowadays is more 80-85-ish so that they can run weekday reruns for three months straight without having to start the cycle over, people tend to use 88 episodes as the number since it represents four full 22 episode seasons. Since The CW is more digitally based their number for their low-rated shows seems to be around 70-80-ish episodes lately, though Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will probably end 57 episodes if they order another season of 13 episodes. It seems like people in the industry predict that the number of episodes seen as required for "syndication" will go down further from the 85-ish episode numbers with the advent of popular cable dramas with short seasons and digital platforms.</blockquote>