Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season(www.bloomberg.com)
6 pointsby kgwgk4 hours ago5 comments
  • Jeremy10263 hours ago
    Netflix is also abandoning shows after one season, so it's fair.
  • boznz3 hours ago
    Easy solution, make a show that lasts exactly one season, put all the good plot elements in it, and give it a proper ending, so it doesn't become a fucking never-ending soap opera.
  • clipsy3 hours ago
    Netflix -- and most streamers at this point -- seem to think that dragging out the time between seasons to 2, 3, sometimes even 4 years is something they can do without a cost. Viewers forget the plot lines, lose interest in the characters, etc and ultimately don't tune in (and are less engaged if they do tune in) for seasons 2+.
  • megamike4 hours ago
    because they are crap?
    • SubiculumCode4 hours ago
      And because they cancel them after one season?
      • Fricken3 hours ago
        Netflix execs have expressed envy over HBO's uncanny ability to make money off decades old IP. HBO still makes money off decades old IP because much of their decades old IP is made to the highest standards in television.

        Netflix's spreadsheet method of developing shows was a defacto attempt at trying make AI generated content before actual generative AI was available. We can all see clearly see how following that path leads to soulless and forgettable products.

    • phs318u4 hours ago
      Because no matter how good they may be in the eye of the beholder, seasons 2..n are almost certainly going to be just more of the same. The incentive to get creative and mix things up after a first season (successful enough to warrant subsequent seasons) just isn’t there. Why risk a new formula when the last one worked just fine?

      In other words, bean counters > creatives.

  • elmer23 hours ago
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