More and more the networks and cable stations seem to be following the British model of making fewer than 22 eps a season. (Though in Great Britain they often make even fewer than 13 eps a season.) And when I'd posted earlier I'd completely forgotten that even from the outset the first season of SH was only supposed to last 13 eps because
The Following is scheduled to return at midseason in SH's time slot. And it would have been nice if the SH renewal articles had reminded us of that instead of simply carrying the FOX Entertainment Chairman's quote that the 13 ep renewal will take the place of a back 9 pickup, which gives the false implication that the show's first season is being cut short in favor of renewing it for a second season.