“When seasons go from one to two to three to four [seasons], three to four is where the cost really pops because most of the actors get bigger raises, and you have to really manage that. So, you have to have in your portfolio of development shows that can actually replace shows as they get into later seasons,” he said at a Deutsche Bank media conference today, providing one of the most blunt assessments of a practice introduced by Netflix and embraced by other streamers where shows produced under the Cost Plus model are often canceled after 3-4 seasons when they get too expensive.
I know we have more important problems, but, goddamn, we gotta fix the fucking entertainment industry.
Apparently, the public is waiting to see if the actors rise up against their oppressors with the fervor and volume they’ve grown to expect from the paragons of their favorite stories. Who knows, maybe it’ll inspire the whole rest of the world to get up off their couches— who am I kidding.
The WGA and SAG both had very successful strikes in the last year that brought new scripted content to a halt. Unscripted trash tried to fill the gaps, but this came right as all the streaming services are starting to implode themselves with price hikes and content deserts.
The public saw it. It has already inspired others - Starbucks, UAW, Amazon, etc. have all had significant gains. There’s a reason that Trader Joes and Amazon are suing the USGov over the National Labor Relations Board as unconstitutional.
The beautiful thing? Demographics are shifting rapidly - there will be fewer and fewer workers overall in developed countries, and larger and larger aging / retired pools who still have huge demands. And frequently the same politicians who don’t want immigration also don’t want to pay workers what they are worth, so there will be a reckoning…
I’m assuming your post was joking, but the truth is great here and workers of the world should acknowledge the success!
Um.
This is definitely the person to take this company into a successful and critically acclaimed future.
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Most shows would be fine at a three season order. Maybe don’t beat the dead horse with a fourth season and save yourself some money. The additional advantage being that the series has a clear, planned ending which works better for streaming back catalogs.
If they write shows that have stories that neatly wrap up at the end of 3 seasons then it’s better for everyone. Nobody needs another Greys Anatomy that goes for 22 seasons beating a dead horse year after year.
The Good Place was a great example of this. From the beginning they knew they wanted 4 seasons, and wrote the show to end after 4. No need for anything more
true, but if it was on any other network it would probably have been cancelled after season 3.
Or Netflix after one.
Entertainment? Art? Nah, fuck all that. All hail the profit margin.
