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Turns out gobbling up IP and hitting the print button isn't such a great business model. Also see: Disney.

• sleepybrett 3y ago
  See also every television/cable network ever. Every season a few shows would rise to the top and a few would get put out of the misery, you just move on and hope the good bets make more money than the bad bets burn.
  • jeffbee 3y ago
    I don't get why this would be an issue for Prime. They don't have to fill up a schedule so they can sell ad slots. They can make as little or as much content as they want. They don't need to make a "Veronica's Closet" to cram in between "Seinfeld" and "ER".
    • sleepybrett 3y ago
      Because you still can't know how a show will turn out when you buy it. You are often buying a show based on some scripts or based on a pilot. Pilots are, generally, not a good representation of what a show can be. Often they can be weak because the actors and writers still haven't found character voice etc. With rings of power they bought some licenses for an IP THEN made a show... at that point you have a significant sunk cost and there is pressure to get SOMETHING made. Maybe some of the actors are weak on the show, maybe the show just looks bad once you get it, maybe qualitywise it's fine but it just doesn't click with audiences.