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Damn that video was heartbreaking. Assuming you saw the one from the creator.
I canceled Netflix because they canceled so many unsuccessful shows that I thought were pretty good >

Sure, if you define success as not having been cancelled, his statement is correct >

They most likely define success as views and retention. I haven't seen the metrics, but my guess would be that most shows are "a small group of people really likes it but it doesn't draw the larger audience and as such doesn't pay for itself". Yes, a show does need to have a large audience to exist, otherwise it's a waste of money. No, the fact that you personally really really liked it doesn't make it "successful" >

Just like all things statistics, meaning is derived by how you view the numbers. A show can be successful in terms of overall viewership and still be deemed a failure due to stable numbers. In most scenarios stable is good, but to TV execs and venture capitalists anything less than constant growth is a failure. You shouldn’t be so quick to throw shade at fans for the defense of their fandom. >

And you shouldn't be quick to throw shade on people whose entire job is to manage their business. Finance department people who do nothing but calculate which metrics exactly the show needs to hit in order to be worth it. I mean, I'm not gonna say that the business doesn't make mistakes. Businesses make lots of mistakes, and sometimes quite stupid ones. But yes, unless I see some kind of evidence of the contrary, my default assumption is that these people are competent at the jobs they were employed to do, and that the decisions they make are sensible >


... unless I see some kind of evidence of the contrary

That's easy. Watch Netflix.

... my default assumption is that these people are competent at the jobs. 

Have you met people? Personally, I look at low odds of getting a group of competent ones together at the same place, and use the default assumption that at one point they were less incompetent than their competitors and that momentum can keep things going for a long time after that is no longer true. >

Can't cancel a successful show if you cancel everything before it has a chance to become one! >

That's cool Ted. I've never told anyone to watch Netflix because all the shows I like get cancelled. They already know about the 5 popular ones. >

Is he okay? >

He's obviously delusional. 
These idiots don't want just success, they expect all their shows to reach Stranger Things or Squid Game levels of success.
What really determines that a show is successful anyway? They should be looking into that instead of just saying bullshit like this. >

Shows are only successful if everyone binges them in the first week. Having a backlog of shows that last all the way to the end of the story seems to not be important to them. >

I never really appreciated the episode per week format until someone pointed out the benefits. It lets viewers form a community that discusses each episode, speculates on new developments, and savors it over time.
From the platform's standpoint, that means fewer people subscribing just to binge a show or two. Hence Disney can trickle out Mandalorian episodes that retains subscribers, but Netflix drops Stranger Things in one or two batches every year or more that might get fewer sustaining subscribers. >

I completely agree. Binge watching is a short term "pleasure" but I think it's detrimental to the long term impact of shows. Either you binge everything asap, or you get the show spoiled on next Mondays lunch break. 
It turns the entire thing into a solitary experience. You never really feel like there's a point in talking to acquaintances about the shows, because the odds of you being at the same point in the show are so low. >

Dude, you're projecting.  Just because you need an artificial release schedule to force you into a social sharing experience, that doesn't mean others need that mechanism or want that same result.  If your social group is going to spoil all your shows on lunch breaks then find a better social circle. >

That’s called a self fulfilling prophecy Ted. >

I want Mindhunter back. >

I want more Dead end Paranormal Park. >

I want more Inside Job.
I wanted more Santa Clarita Diet. >

I also wanted more 1899 and those are just recent ones! >

I never watch Netflix shows until they have a few seasons >

Final space still got fucked >

Final Space was Turner and Adult Swim. Netflix only had the streaming rights >

Really? I never saw anything about it on adult swim. I knew it was conans company >

I actually watched it on Adult Swim, stumbled upon it looking for something as background noise while I did dishes, saw Final Space aaaaand.. Dishes weren't done that night. God I was so upset when I saw it was cancelled (ON YOUTUBE.).