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Netflix has yet to find a property that can go the distance and really hook people long term. This whole “cancel a show after 3 seasons” is not what users who

Netflix has yet to find a property that can go the distance and really hook people long term. This whole “cancel a show after 3 seasons” is not what users who grew up with 6,7...10 year runs of shows connect to. They need some content with long legs to keep the sort used to Frasier like life spans. That’s who was tuning in during their growth period, for those old shows they can’t hang onto now.

giancarlostoro 7y ago
Agreed although Disney pulled all the Marvel ones I am sure. They didnt come out and say it but all the odd excuses and the fact they all went at once is obvious. The shows were really popular with everyone I know.
b_tterc_p 7y ago
Hmm I don’t think this is true. Most of netflix’s Content is story driven whereas never dying sitcoms were just kind of whatever. I’m sure people watched the sitcoms, some even on loop, but I doubt it was the luring factor. Maybe that’s just my personal misconception.
- oeoeo00 7y ago
  Anecdote; I’ve had family and friends cancel Netflix when their old favorites got pulled. People that are center of the road politically, and very nostalgia/tradition driven. It seems reasonable to me that type of person makes up a pretty large portion of the population (I grew up in the Midwest and feel that basically describes the region pretty well, accepting it’s just my gut sense.) Our brains like routine. That routine can be chasing novel experience or sitting still clinging to nostalgia. Seems pretty clear from the news the majority fall into the latter group.
  - b_tterc_p 7y ago
    Forgetting any particular political whatever, it seems odd to define someone who favors tradition / nostalgia as anything but conservative. Although perhaps current conservatives have kind of co-opted the term to mean something very different. The idea of preferring shows you have already seen is unthinkable to me.
Rapzid 7y ago
I'm a fan of well thought out and fleshed out story-lines with planned endings. I don't need a 10 year show, but I neither enjoy being strung along(Lost) or having a show just suddenly pulled.
eeeeeeeeeeeee 7y ago
Most people I talk to don’t want to dedicate 70 hours of their life to a mediocre show that is clearly manufactured to last 70 hours. Frasier was from a different time, when there weren’t many choices, so committing to one show for 10 years made more sense. I think people lose attention easier now and there are so many other things to occupy your time in the entertainment space.
fullshark 7y ago
Stranger Things seems to be a massive hit. Shelf life is unclear though. House of Cards was a hit and now it’s completely irrelevant it seems for comparison.
- skinnymuch 7y ago
  Stranger Things is done after 5 seasons. Not that long.
- kyshoc 7y ago
  House of Cards had to be emergency-landed due to the whole Kevin Spacey thing though, so it's not a good anecdote here.

giancarlostoro 7y ago

Agreed although Disney pulled all the Marvel ones I am sure. They didnt come out and say it but all the odd excuses and the fact they all went at once is obvious. The shows were really popular with everyone I know.

b_tterc_p 7y ago

Hmm I don’t think this is true. Most of netflix’s Content is story driven whereas never dying sitcoms were just kind of whatever. I’m sure people watched the sitcoms, some even on loop, but I doubt it was the luring factor. Maybe that’s just my personal misconception.

oeoeo00 7y ago
Anecdote; I’ve had family and friends cancel Netflix when their old favorites got pulled. People that are center of the road politically, and very nostalgia/tradition driven. It seems reasonable to me that type of person makes up a pretty large portion of the population (I grew up in the Midwest and feel that basically describes the region pretty well, accepting it’s just my gut sense.) Our brains like routine. That routine can be chasing novel experience or sitting still clinging to nostalgia. Seems pretty clear from the news the majority fall into the latter group.
- b_tterc_p 7y ago
  Forgetting any particular political whatever, it seems odd to define someone who favors tradition / nostalgia as anything but conservative. Although perhaps current conservatives have kind of co-opted the term to mean something very different. The idea of preferring shows you have already seen is unthinkable to me.

Rapzid 7y ago

I'm a fan of well thought out and fleshed out story-lines with planned endings. I don't need a 10 year show, but I neither enjoy being strung along(Lost) or having a show just suddenly pulled.

eeeeeeeeeeeee 7y ago

Most people I talk to don’t want to dedicate 70 hours of their life to a mediocre show that is clearly manufactured to last 70 hours. Frasier was from a different time, when there weren’t many choices, so committing to one show for 10 years made more sense. I think people lose attention easier now and there are so many other things to occupy your time in the entertainment space.

fullshark 7y ago

Stranger Things seems to be a massive hit. Shelf life is unclear though. House of Cards was a hit and now it’s completely irrelevant it seems for comparison.

skinnymuch 7y ago
Stranger Things is done after 5 seasons. Not that long.
kyshoc 7y ago
House of Cards had to be emergency-landed due to the whole Kevin Spacey thing though, so it's not a good anecdote here.