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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iw52e wrote

Cancel the show

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WordsAreSomething t1_j6iwuk1 wrote

"cancel one of your most successful shows"

Genius stuff

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iwyhf wrote

Funny you say that, as it seems to be Netflix’s current strategy.

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WordsAreSomething t1_j6ixo8q wrote

It seems like the literal opposite of their strategy

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iy0ny wrote

Oh I’m sorry, were you present in their strategy meetings??

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WordsAreSomething t1_j6iy8ag wrote

They literally just had an interview with the CEOs talking about their strategy.

You can also look at what they've renewed and canceled and get an idea of how successful things are with their top 10s.

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iyeat wrote

Oh so they will just keep 10 shows and fuck the rest

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WordsAreSomething t1_j6iyns1 wrote

They will keep shows that have the right audience for their budget while trying out new shows to reach people and cancelling what isn't working.

The same as every TV distributor ever since the beginning of TV

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iyprh wrote

You are so patronizing.

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Altruistic_Yam1372 t1_j6j5mj1 wrote

What, really? They are patronising for spelling out the truth? No, really. You can say that netflix is cancelling 'good' shows. But they certainly aren't cancelling 'successful' shows. Note that success depends not only on the number of viewers, bug also the budget. The viewership needs to justify the budget.

I'm not saying they're entirely correct on this, as many shows require a few seasons to garner significant viewership, and also ending shows that ended in cliffhangers is also poor decisionmaking

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6izivt wrote

I swear half of this sub are either Netflix hating bots or just stupid

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6izlpv wrote

Shut up Netflix shill

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6j0z5s wrote

No I have issues with Netflix Netflix fucking sucks at marketing movies and shows I think Netflix is stupid for not doing theatrical releases and Netflix is terribly inconsistent on content especially movies but just lying and spreading shit about how they cancel everything and you have to have stranger things or Wednesday numbers is untrue and makes people like you look bad

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Regula96 t1_j6j3j43 wrote

>Netflix fucking sucks at marketing movies and shows

It's like when they released Archive 81 in January when it would have been a perfect Halloween show. I remember it was just there one day when I logged in. I never saw anything promoting it.

They have the ability to make a lot of their content more successful but they don't care. If something doesn't become a hit on its own, they just start over and try something new. Rinse and repeat.

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6j4jap wrote

Yep agreed marketing is a perfectly fair place to criticize some of these people just say they cancel everything and it’s not true a lot of these shows they do cancel might be successful with better marketing I will admit though

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Regula96 t1_j6iy1wj wrote

Alright and in your opinion which one of their ''most successful shows'' have they cancelled exactly?

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6iyc6k wrote

The Babysitter's Club

The OA

Glow

I Am Not Okay With This

Santa Clarita Diet

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Regula96 t1_j6izid6 wrote

I'm not seeing any of these among any top lists going by released numbers. Sucks but seems they didn't do well enough.

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6izksa wrote

Youre blind

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Regula96 t1_j6j044t wrote

Listen, I agree they're doing too much content at the same time and are thus forced to cancel a lot of things. It sucks.

But these shows in particular are not any of their ''most successful shows''.

Also, Bridgerton apparently did even better than The Witcher and Stranger Things season 3. It's a massive hit.

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6jpeqj wrote

Glow was because of Covid not because they didn’t like the show costs just went up too much

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6jrurn wrote

Oh, were you there when they cancelled it??? Were you in the meeting room????

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6jtger wrote

We’re you ? No grow the fuck up https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/glow-season-4-canceled-netflix-1234793186/amp/ quick google search shows every major credible publication reporting on it

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Greedy-Creme-995 t1_j6jthxr wrote

So cranky

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6jtq1h wrote

You are being a dick head to me and other users and I’m correcting you not being cranky if you don’t like being corrected don’t say bullshit and then whine when you get called out for it

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HighKingOfGondor t1_j6jmu9d wrote

Not really. In order to NOT get canceled at Netflix, you have to be as big as Wednesday, Stranger Things, or Bridgerton. Netflix constantly canceled niche but really good shows that might take a season or two to catch on, and Netflix terminates those shows too fast. What you’re talking about was never a Netflix complaint and I think you misunderstand the issue with Netflix cancellations in general.
Or you’re trying to be funny in which case haha very good

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6jpsqn wrote

This just isn’t true the recruit , Lincoln lawyer , Emily in Paris , bunch of the Korean shows , Tim robinsons show , dead to me , all of the reality tv shows alll got renewed because people watched them and completed them so the budgets were justified it’s a business I don’t know how this isn’t understandable Netflix makes hundred of shows and movies a year we only ever focus on what gets canceled and then just ignore what gets renewed the sandman isn’t anywhere close to Wednesday viewership and it got renewed

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HighKingOfGondor t1_j6jqk8c wrote

That’s getting deeper into it, yeah. I was just explaining the very basics of the Netflix hate argument related to what he was saying. There’s lots of factors like completion rates, budget, fan reception, popularity, views, individual views, etc to get into. I’m not a Netflix hater despite my comment sounding like one.

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Similar-Collar1007 t1_j6jtk9f wrote

Yeah my bad got heated at the other guy sorry

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HighKingOfGondor t1_j6jvvaf wrote

I’m also very tired of this Netflix circlejerk. They aren’t even getting their own arguments right anymore, although pretty sure that dude is a troll and doesn’t mean it

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