What happen to the good old days when drama series are not so complicated?

What happen to good dramas like ER?

Now, producers probably cooked up some scheme to ensure that you get addicted episode by episode and when you thought it was climax, BOOM! Its the last episode of the season.

Ohh... I just hate it when that happens. What am I talking about? It just did! Yes, I am talking about HEROES. How can they just end the whole season with episode 11? Boo.

Probably due to the writers' strike in America. Still.