Bingo! There is an ever-growing number of shows that manage to take a 60-second concept and turn it into a 10-minute bore through endless empty detours and pointless "interview" format interjections. "How The Universe Works" is a prime example of this tedious format. A little decoration is fine, but, in general, I want to watch stuff more like the BBC's excellent Jim Al-Khalili-hosted shows.
Why? On problem with YouTube video is it’s less and less effective when there is incentiveization to increase the length of videos for ad slots.
Take a 2 minute video and turn it into 10.
How long do we wait for the 30 or 60 seconds of a YouTube video that we’re really after? Too often a few minutes.