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> but there was an attempt. Unfortunately it was data-driven. This meant that if a new show didn't catch on within a season or two, it was cancelled. They've k
by markdown 5y ago
> but there was an attempt.
Unfortunately it was data-driven. This meant that if a new show didn't catch on within a season or two, it was cancelled. They've killed so many great shows chasing the lowest common denominator.
The formula they settled on was: big name star in a generic designed-by-committee (or AI) show.
Shame.
- dougmwne 5y agoThis is where Apple TV+ has been a breath of fresh air, like eating a garden fresh tomato after years of canned tomato paste.
- thedougd 5y agoI think you're spot on about this. Oddly, Netflix has seen some success by reviving shows that were discontinued on major networks. You'd think they'd know better than to cancel shows like The OA before completion.
- jon-wood 5y agoI'm really disappointed that creators didn't catch on to this and design their shows to run for one or two seasons. Not everything needs to be a decade long odyssey, and in fact a great many TV shows that were great at first were IMO destroyed by trying to keep running for as long as possible, long past the point where they ran out of things to say.