Netflix executives are apparently “panicking” at data suggesting a huge drop-off in interest in their original programming from the first and second seasons. That’s because Netflix broke the TV-release model – people are having to wait years between seasons, which means that people simply lose interest in whatever show they were invested in a few years ago. [Pajiba]
Connor Storrie’s first Emmy nom is for SNL, not Heated Rivalry. [Socialite Life]
All about Anya Taylor-Joy’s latest show. [LaineyGossip]
Sir Anthony Hopkins is going to snatch Taylor Swift’s wig. [Just Jared]
This Nolan Xavier Wells story is so sad. That poor kid. [Starcasm]
I’m sooooo all-in on Dune 3. [Hollywood Life]
LOL, I cannot see Kristen Stewart in any of these Chanel looks. [Go Fug Yourself]
Who’s on the cover of V Magazine? [OMG Blog]
Daisy Edgar-Jones in Saint Laurent. [RCFA]
Snoopy lost his home?? [Seriously OMG]
Men share their icks about women. [Buzzfeed]
Out of the ones Netflix created, they’ve cancelled too many of my favorite shows too early. Why get invested in a show when they are just going to can it after one season? They don’t give you a runway long enough watch. Dead Boy Detectives was great – one season. Same with Irregulars. I don’t even bother with their shows any more because of that.
I loved Dead Boy Detectives too. Cancelled after one season. Boooo!!!
This is exactly the problem. I loved season 1 of The Boroughs and it was canceled before I even finished it.
I was very invested in the Netflix show Stranger Things when it first came out. And having to wait so long between seasons is the very reason I lost interest. I wasn’t attached to the characters anymore and I’d forget what happened last in the story. My husband and I watched the first episode of the final (I think?) season and were just like, meh. Let’s go watch The Pitt.
How did they not realize this would happen…
Except for heavy makeup, all those Buzzfeed men’s opinions are gender neutral. Although TBF, I’ve never met a man who says he has no hobbies, but if their only hobbies are watching tv/playing video games, that basically the same thing. Everyone needs hobbies that require active mental engagement.
I don’t even bother starting shows on Netflix bc the things I like get cancelled.
I usually binge entire shows nowadays once the show has been officially canceled. It removes the hassle of waiting years between seasons. I have also been burned too many times by shows that got canceled on cliffhangers (f me, I can’t believe Annika didn’t get another season and ended like that-hiss BBC).
Rest in power, Nolan Xavier Wells… This story needs more coverage and public fury.
Yes! I was about to give my thanks to Kaiser for linking this. I love that Colin Kaepernick has stepped in to pay for an independent autopsy. Like NAACP notes: Black Men Deserve to Grow Old.
There are many reasons a show like The Pitt is so successful. It’s legitimately great television. It’s only bingeable after the season’s over. Most importantly though, the start of one season is less than a year after the conclusion of the previous.
Netflix tried to solve a problem that wasn’t broken. TV worked in their cycle with 22 episodes. New season starts in September or February goes through May. You have a summer break and then the show if picked up comes back in Sept. Also the binging thing was fun at first but does sort of kill momentum for a show. I mean the fact you have to wait all week for a new Pitt and get to discuss it and look forward to it, builds suspense and community.
but yeah 3 season over 8 years, you stop caring.
A big netflix problem now is the people they do business with. We keep saying we dont like a particular person or they can’t produce in this area try something else. Lo and behold that same person is given another shot doing the same thing. Tony hinchcliff is an example. He gets zero laughs a lot and netflix keeps giving him money.
Netflix is starting to trick the audience into watching shows/movies. Their audience is tuning all the way out.