• RampageDon@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    People might watch if it didn’t take a global phenomenon like squid games for Netflix to make a second season. They have made it pretty clear though, new shows bring in more users then a second season of shows. Unless those numbers change neither will Netflix.

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      1 month ago

      It’s becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. People don’t watch cause they don’t know if it’ll get reupped, numbers aren’t good enough, they cancel the show, people become more concerned about the next show being canceled so don’t watch.

  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    The bedrock of Netflix was eight-season shows like The Office.

    They have a firehose of money for new stuff.

    But for some goddamn reason, they are incapable of producing a long-running series. Can’t even give the creators a pass/fail goal, or offer some smaller budget as a take-it-or-leave-it decision.

    (Which is also why creators who still try broadcast-era cliffhanger endings can get fucked.)