Cancel the show

Isn't season 3 already filmed

I mean expected cos aside from The Duke and I, which was s1, Daphne is barely in besides as a background character

"cancel one of your most successful shows"

Genius stuff

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

still being filmed but close to ending i might assume

It seems like the literal opposite of their strategy

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

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

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.

The Babysitter's Club

The OA

Glow

I Am Not Okay With This

Santa Clarita Diet

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

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

You are so patronizing.

no, she just doesnt have a story anymore after s1, same with RJP, they become background characters as each book focuses on someone else

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

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

Youre blind

Shut up Netflix shill

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.

Locks them up for ages and takes them away from other potentially successful projects. For a couple of seasons at its peak Downton abbey had the mortality rate of a medieval village going through the Black Death, as everyone was trying to break out into movies

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

Your logic: “oh two good shows are still on” hurrrr durrr

Well her story was basically over after Season 1, so it's not a huge loss

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Same troll appearing in multiple threads and y'all keep feeding him, smh.

Have you ever watched TV before?

>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.

Surely by the last season there will be no background characters if everyone follows their lead?

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

they'll continue making stories for background characters if their character wants to stay, like the featheringtons

My mistake didn’t even realize was same person

Okay so earlier Ruby Stokes left her role in Bridgerton to star in Lockwood and co - a netflix adaptation of books by Jonathan Stroud.

And Phoebe Dynevor will also be playing the lead role in another of Stroud's adaptations - The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne (movie)

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

Makeup exists

You’re surprised actors are attractive?

The books series is basically set up to make the TV series in an anthology format. Each book focuses on the romance of a new Bridgerton sibling with the others just playing small supporting roles, making cameo appearances, or no appearance at all.

It is a typical romance book series format which does not tend to gel with serialised TV shows where folks expect the same cast for the duration of the series. Which is why folks are shocked the leads from previous seasons are not returning for later seasons. Their stories are done.

Yeah, I get it, but I'm a little surprised Netflix can't snag the actors with "finished plotlines" for a few cameos here and there, to at least make the world feel like those elder siblings who are now married don't just stop existing.

Those actors are probably moving on to other projects, where there would pay likely be scheduling conflicts.

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

YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING

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

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

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.

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

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

So cranky

Yeah my bad got heated at the other guy sorry

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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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

As someone who liked Downton Abbey but doesn't really watch period dramas is there a chance I'd like this?

It depends what portion of Downton you appreciated most.

I am a huge Downton fan and when I watched the first episode of Bridgerton I was almost scared away, because part of what I loved was the historical accuracy, of which there is exactly zero of in Bridgerton. They didn't really advertise this fact, so it took a little while to get into it but by episode 3 I was really enjoying it.

If you enjoyed the elaborate set pieces, costumes and the drama, you will absolutely love Bridgerton. They have all of that.

Oh I like strouds books will have to check out.

Thanks for that, maded me look up Garth Nix as well and see they have sequel out soon. Stoked.

Cheers!

Kind of a weird issue the show will face, which is every book focuses on a different sibling and then their story is done, meaning the actor will have nothing to do for another six or seven seasons. And since actors want to act, there's the risk they'll keep losing cast members.

They're supposed to give Anthony and Kate a storyline this season, so we'll see how it goes.

Keeping them in contract for x years get expensive. Most actors also want to move to other roles without being pigeonholed to one for too long.

Which is stupid since cameos provide a lot of free time for actors. This seems like burned bridges, similar to Rege Jean page

As the other poster said it will depend on what you liked about Downton. I would probably classify bridgerton more as light hearted rom com historical "fantasy / alt reality" while downton is squarely period drama. There are down moments in bridgerton but it never hits downton levels and is more aimed at the romance happily ever after type stuff.

After that I would say S1 and S2 if Bridgeton are different types of romance because of the characters they are focused on. Personally I prefer S2 the characters fit better together and it is more a rom com hate to love and them actually building a relationship. While S1 is clueless inexperienced virgin learning about sex. I haven't read the books but from friends who have it makes sense in that the season 2 characters are basically heads of the house and constant while the other characters slowly vanish as they get married off.

Either way not going to say it is the best tv by any means. But it is something a bit lighter, short and easily binge able when you need a break from the constant the world is on fire mess.

If you liked gossip girl, you’d like this, because this show is Victorian era gossip girl.

Rege Jean Page knew that signing on to other shit instead of making cameos on this show was the move. You have like 10 minutes to capitalize on your fame and that’s it. Sticking around would only hurt your career.

I actually thought the girls in the show were pretty ugly. In fact i can’t think of one attractive woman in the show

What is he doing now?

He’s in the new Dungeons and Dragons movie.

The Dungeons and Dragons movie.

Depends on the contract for the actor really.

lol. Imagine leaving a hit Netflix show for that movie.

Maybe? I really really didn't like season 1 but season 2, while still being more Gossip Girl than Jane Austen, at least had some Pride and Prejudice vibes and seems to use its fantasy England setting more appropriately.

Lmfao what? Is this your first time ever watching a tv show?

I know her character is barely in the books after the first one anyway, but I never understand this kind of move - you're really SO BUSY that you can't film for like one day once a year for this show?

The trailers for the movie have been well-received.

It’s gonna bomb though.

If the movie is a flop, but gets decent reviews, the industry will blame Chris Pine, not Regé-Jean Page.

Because Regé-Jean Page isn't an established movie actor.

If the movie is a succes, he'll get a bunch of job offers out of that.

He was never going to play a big part in the second season of Bridgerton.

Netflix behaves like old Hollywood studios with regular players. Popular actors in their shows tend to get opportunities in other Netflix shows/movies when they stick around.

They all had the same contract, so not really

What do you mean?

You said cameos provide actors with a lot of free time. I said that depends on the contract. If she renewed, that would mean she may have been committed to Bridgerton the entire time it filmed. We can’t really know what her contract would have stipulated

Bridgerton is based on a series of romance novels and the show has really leaned into the fizziness that a good historical romance can give you. It is not historically accurate, it's not that realistic and it's not trying to be. It's largely a romantic fantasy with period trappings and some fun family squabbles to boot. If you would like that, then definitely check out the show. I've enjoyed both seasons but I read the novels so I went in knowing what to expect. It's not like Downton and it's not going for that vibe or tone at all.

If they're committed to other projects filming for those takes priority. They're not going to plan an entire production schedule around it

Eh, if the movie is forgettable and he hasn't signed on more since, he too will be...

Because Season Two was dog splat that flew hard under the radar after the only reason people watched left. Phoebe needs to give her manager a raise for that sound advice.

I just spit water all over my iPad. Well received by WHOM? DnD fans were trashing it even before the OGL apocalypse, and Normies have been as indifferent to it as any other late winter/early spring release.
Opening weekend might not be horrible thanks to Chris Pine fans, but after that it's toast.