Netflix Data Reveals When TV Shows Hook Viewers

Re:Netflix Data Reveals When TV Shows Hook Viewers by zaphar on Thursday September 24, 2015 @10:03AM (#10271611)

Here's what I'd like to know. Do they have any data on the optimum length of a plot arc for a shows? There are a number of shows I've gotten hooked and then around about season 5-7 I've dropped because it became obvious they were just milking it and inventing gratuitous plot extensions instead of ending it cleanly.

Some shows can go for really long runs because the plot arcs tend to be 1-3 episodes in length. The Law and Order style of show. Anything that goes multiple seasons in length just seems to lose me after at most 2 plot arcs. Maybe I just get burnt out?

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Re:Netflix Data Reveals When TV Shows Hook Viewers by ttkeil on Thursday September 24, 2015 @10:21AM (#10271741)

> There are a number of shows I've gotten hooked and then around about season 5-7 I've dropped because it became obvious they were just milking it and inventing gratuitous plot extensions instead of ending it cleanly.

This is what I'm worried about with 'House of Cards.' It feels like they might have 1-2 good seasons left, but unless Frank suddenly decides to deceive his way into becoming world dictator, I'm convinced that they need to end the show in fewer seasons than it already has.

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