Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too soon

Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by sircastor on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:06AM (#24776652)

I watched an interview with Damon Lindleof recently where he talked about how the ABC execs wanted and expected to draw out Lost as Long as they could. When they were trying to negotiate down the show, the execs thought they wanted more money. They wanted to do 10 seasons and 6 was the compromise.

It was mind boggling to them that the producers only wanted to do three seasons

Link: https://youtu.be/ej3ftLjmYlA

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by sbierwagen on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @01:47PM (#24779394)

Great anecdote. Damon Lindleof is a terrible person to deliver it, though. Lost could have run for 20 seasons with no meaningful difference, since they never actually had any idea how to resolve the plot.

Maybe he thought he couldn't have gotten away with dancing around the resolution for 10 seasons?

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by srtjstjsj on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:33PM (#24781890)

And if LOST were only 3 seasons it might be remembered as a classic and not a train wreck.

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