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My anecdote: I've never been a cable subscriber and have been OTA only. There was a season 2008 or 2009-ish, I can't remember exactly, where literally every sin
by fluidcruft 11y ago
My anecdote: I've never been a cable subscriber and have been OTA only. There was a season 2008 or 2009-ish, I can't remember exactly, where literally every single scripted show that seemed promising was canceled by the networks after one or at most three episodes. Since then I stopped caring about live TV at all.
- DanBC 11y agoWasn't 2007/2008 the year of the writer's strike? That's obviously going to cause a bit of disruption. I agree that US tv doesn't seem to give shows a chance to get established. There are some potentially great shows that got cancelled too soon. (Space above and beyond; jericho; firefly; etc etc).
- fluidcruft 11y agoI don't remember any shows being canceled while on air due to the writers strike. IIRC the programmers seemed to understand the challenge and were more lenient that year anyway. A huge draw for me with Netflix's "dump the whole season" approach is that the entire work unit has proof of life before I commit any time to watching it.