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Prax150 t1_iu0p3s0 wrote

It's so weird, it's like the people who were running the network in the late 00s/early 10s have come back to tank the streaming service. Like I know they're hemorrhaging money but how do they expect to add subscribers if they can't guarantee any show will survive, no matter how good it is?

It's especially frustrating because of how good they clearly are at developing really funny sitcoms, something that's really been lacking in hollywood the last few years. So many half hour shows are leaning towards the darker side like Barry, Atlanta, even Ted Lasso and few outlets are making actual sitcoms with really funny people. So you have all this talent gobbled up by Peacock only to be squandered. I guess Netflix has a good relationship with Tina Fey so it worked out for this but Saved by the Bell, AP Bio, those shows are never coming back.

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moffattron9000 t1_iu138y7 wrote

It’s like how NBC had The Office, Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, and Community all on the same night. Admittedly, the audience for those shows were increasingly not the NBC audience, but they should’ve been able to get more out of that.

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Radulno t1_iu1jega wrote

> few outlets are making actual sitcoms with really funny people

I don't understand why not too. Like it's been widely reported than some of the biggest streaming "evergreen hits" are sitcoms like Friends, The Office, Community, The Big Bang Theory, How I met your Mother, Arrested Development, Malcolm, Parks and Rec and such. People just like to rewatch those, it's comfort TV and streaming is perfect for it.

You would think they'd try to make new ones.

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