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New Data Suggests Long Waits Between Seasons Are Hurting Viewership on Netflix Hits
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I would say that good shows are still a rare exception. There were a few great shows in a sea of slop then and a few great shows in a sea of slop now with the biggest difference being that the sea of slop is significantly more vast now. The changes in the medium from old school TV to streaming sites has allowed for a little more of a blurring of the line between movies and TV shows in that prestige TV is higher budget and does take longer to produce, closer to how only movies used to be produced, and it's fine that there are more shows with higher production value and longer wait times between seasons, but that doesn't mean that TV is great now and was bad in the past.
Yeah, it's much easier for people to avoid slop these days. Back in the day, you only had so many channels so sometimes you'd end up just picking the best of bad choices to get you through the hour or half hour. Good shows tended to run long.
Netflix otoh cancels huge shows, or cuts them to 2 seasons, 10 eps a season to avoid extra payouts to actors and crew