Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too soon

Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by jon-wood on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:07AM (#24776668)

I'm hoping that this policy leads to much tighter story arcs which aren't designed to take 5 seasons to come to a conclusion. There's far too much TV that basically only has actual new plot elements in the first and last ten minutes, and then pads everything out to a full episode.

A world in which writers know they have, at best, 24 episodes to tell their story will hopefully result in much more focused story telling, and fewer filler episodes looking into the exciting history of what minor character C did 15 years ago.

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by skohan on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:36AM (#24776985)

The problem is that it's not possible to know in advance if a series will be one of the blessed few to last more than two seasons. Designing a 24-episode arc, and then having the show be a smash hit is also a problem for Netflix

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Re:Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too ... by jon-wood on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:17AM (#24786124)

I’ve never encountered a well written TV series where I was disappointed at it ending after two seasons, while I’ve encountered a great many which outstayed their welcome and soured me on the entire thing. I know some people love great long things that never seem to end, I just don’t count myself among them.

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