This is why I prefer mini-series to full on series. It's a complete self-contained story. There weren't that many multi-season shows that I loved and had a dec

This is why I prefer mini-series to full on series. It's a complete self-contained story. There weren't that many multi-season shows that I loved and had a decent ending - usually it gets milked to death that main actors quit and then either show cancelled (Castle) or get a new actor and suck (x-files). Some shows have awful resurrection - 24, I loved the entire thing except for "reboot" and last season. Some shows have honest writers, BSG reboot was clearly getting too convoluted and had to be ended before it cancelled. Some shows try to pivot to tumbler fanfics for content - Supernatural. Which was dumb because people were interested in such stories were already watching it. > If you have a new series, all potential viewers are potential viewers. If you have a season 3, the only potential viewers are season 2 watchers. That doesn't always top factor. Some shows can generate money outside of screen - merch. That's how supernatural stayed so long.