Submitted by MarvelsGrantMan136 t3_10mug2x in television
reddig33 t1_j65bugb wrote
Cheap reality program renewed for seven seasons. Meanwhile interesting stuff gets canceled.
TapedeckNinja t1_j65er81 wrote
Have you watched it?
drinkallthepunch t1_j68g39s wrote
They’re not wrong.
There’s a lot of other shows we would all rather have.
Even the reasonable comments admit that it’s just a material filler show.
Can we not be so conceited?
Is it really that rage inducing that someone can call out a subpar show that somehow hasn’t been canceled?
Phil even hints multiple times that his brother has connections and that’s the only reason the show took off in the first place.
Otherwise it might never had been.
And Phil is a rich dude, the whole basis of the show is kind of out of touch with the times.
Dudes just traveling around blowing thousands of dollars so we can watch him eat food we will never be able to afford to travel and eat.
It’s just another form of wealth showcasing.
How many people do you know who could just go out and do what Phil does as a life hobby?
He’s retired and he’s not even senior yet.
eduzueck t1_j69c216 wrote
It’s not really subpar if people enjoy watching it, not everyone shares your opinion about what “we’d all rather have” and some of us like a casual warm show of a guy eating food.
It’s also probably cheap as hell to produce.
drinkallthepunch t1_j69dff3 wrote
Dudes got a whole camera crew are you high?
If they are paying livable wages it should be in the ballpark of $200k budget.
At least…….
Equipment, lodging, plane tickets, passports, guides, FOOD…..? Oh yeah and wages?
Can we have Sense8 or Daredevil back?
Show is subpar, to say the least.
eduzueck t1_j69vmp1 wrote
I mean, yeah, not saying you can make it with a couple bucks but still like probably 1/10th of the budget for a show like Sense8, which guess what, people didn’t watch and couldn’t justify its budget.
RawrRawr83 t1_j6c2n42 wrote
Actually 2% the budget if $200k is the accurate number
RawrRawr83 t1_j6c2lmd wrote
Uh.. so if you google, Sense8 cost $9 million per episode. So if you calculate the cost per view.. yea
timetoputonashow t1_j6af4zb wrote
That's an insanely low budget even if it's per episode.
Stink_Snake t1_j69t63x wrote
> Phil even hints multiple times that his brother has connections and that’s the only reason the show took off in the first place.
Phil was the executive producer/writer for Everybody Loves Raymond. He has his plenty of his own connections.
reddig33 t1_j66fad3 wrote
If I had, would that change the fact that this is cheap reality programming? Or that better shows on Netflix have been canceled?
matterhorn1 t1_j66m48c wrote
It’s not about better or worse, it’s about how many people are watching it. Cheaper shows will get renewed easier because they would need less views for Netflix to consider them as successful.
TapedeckNinja t1_j66iitk wrote
How do you know what shows are "better" than something you've never seen?
USeaMoose t1_j66i2yh wrote
I'm not familiar with this show, so I can't speak to its quality (I tried to watch some of it several years ago and quickly moved on).
But that aside... Of course Netflix is going to renew a dozen shows with tiny budgets before they renew a single show with a huge budget. That's not a cynical take it's just reality. The higher your budget, the better you have to perform. In Netflix HQ they were not deciding between keeping "Somebody Feed Phil" and "1899".
"1899" cost over $60 million. "Somebody Feed Phil" is 90% Phil's salary and I doubt the guy worth hundreds of millions is asking for all that much to be paid to eat and travel. Not to mention it was a show he ran on PBS originally, then went to pitch to Netflix after it got canceled. I doubt he is asking for much more than a PBS-sized salary. He is basically retired and enjoys this.
matterhorn1 t1_j66jux4 wrote
I’d probably do it for free if it was me. Travel the world and way great food? Yes please!
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