> I often wonder why Netflix is willing to pay so much for the Office and Friends but isn't trying to make a new show like that. Because the hit rate for sitco

> I often wonder why Netflix is willing to pay so much for the Office and Friends but isn't trying to make a new show like that. Because the hit rate for sitcoms is infinitesimal, and it's still cheaper to buy Friends than it is to commission two hundred new shows 199 of which sink without trace.