I would argue that the streamers were burning expenses producing shows, thinking that spending more means quality. Older streamers, and we do exist, are not as interested in prestige from glitz, but from quality programming. Otherwise, HBO MAX, which could produce three shows for 5 years on the money it wasted rebranding itself multiple times, would not still be getting people binging The Wire and The Sopranos. Netflix introducing shows, only to cancel them after a year or two, even if they are moderately sucessful, will only cause people to not invest in shows when they first debut, further speeding up the cycle. Duster, the Waterfront, FUBAR, all were modest successes that were canceled too soon. Yet Paramount continues to overpay for Tulsa King, which with the names involved, has to be an expensive show to shoot.
Sad to see that reality shows have grown to be such a significant percentage of Netflix's content. That genre is the opposite of prestige/quality TV; it's worse than soap opera
I also don't want to wait 2 years for a new season of every single show.
I would argue that the streamers were burning expenses producing shows, thinking that spending more means quality. Older streamers, and we do exist, are not as interested in prestige from glitz, but from quality programming. Otherwise, HBO MAX, which could produce three shows for 5 years on the money it wasted rebranding itself multiple times, would not still be getting people binging The Wire and The Sopranos. Netflix introducing shows, only to cancel them after a year or two, even if they are moderately sucessful, will only cause people to not invest in shows when they first debut, further speeding up the cycle. Duster, the Waterfront, FUBAR, all were modest successes that were canceled too soon. Yet Paramount continues to overpay for Tulsa King, which with the names involved, has to be an expensive show to shoot.
Sad to see that reality shows have grown to be such a significant percentage of Netflix's content. That genre is the opposite of prestige/quality TV; it's worse than soap opera