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Independent of Alejandro1's good suggestions I have a thought about the pacing and lastability of premises for TV shows.
I suspect it would be very difficult for an exploration of just that premise to be stretched out into a full length tv series and would likely be more suited to a standalone novel or movie. Similar for a lot of other tv show premises that are attached to more generic shows.* If the main characters devoted their sole attention to resolving the premise it would be implausible for them not to resolve it within a few episodes, meaning they can't play with it anymore or have to resolve some of the interesting ambiguity of it.
Other examples of the top of my head would be Life on Mars, Tru Calling, contrast to say Primer where the premise is the entirety of the plot, but its over much quicker.
Why they want shows that last a long time rather than one shots probably comes down to the economics of the television industry, which I don't know much about.
There should be more miniserieses anyway. (Tru Calling's on my to-watch list; would you recommend it?)
I watched a few episodes and found it enjoyable but not enthralling. Each episode was good in a self contained way but didn't get far enough in to see if they resolved the longer term threads well.
Tempted to rewatch it myself now.
That's pretty much what I would say. The second season had more of an arc, but it doesn't get resolved.