Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150714214910/@comment-4878447-20150715062736

Quest0 wrote: Why Steven Universe episodes aren't 20 min long like other cartoons? For 2 reasons: Step 1: They don't have to be. 11 minutes is just enough time to tell a story and get the point across for a show like this. I mean could you imagine Bubble Buddies being 20 minutes long? Having Connie and Steven trapped in a bubble for that long would get old really fast. Step 2: Cartoon Network has alot of shows and only 14 hours of air time before they switch to Adult Swim. You'd think 14 hours is plenty of time, but they can keep using half hours for new episodes of their cartoons. They got to air reruns, through in a movie or two and squeeze in some shorts like Mixels or SickBricks (and that's not counting the commercials). While I am all for more half hour specials of Steven Universe, I think the series is fine with having 11 minute long episodes.