You'll never see them again
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Is there a television show that doesn't have a gun in it?
I don't recall the last time I saw a gun on TV outside of an advertisement or the news, so I guess your mileage may vary.
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I wanted to dispute this, but aside from the hyperbole around the number of episodes per season, top-rated TV in 1975 was pretty damn good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rated_United_States_television_programs_of_1975–76
I love that all I the family and two of its spinoff are on there.
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I love that all I the family and two of its spinoff are on there.
Then again how many shows were there with three channels, top 30 is probably most of what was on prime time.
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I hate when they release streaming shows one episode per week. I am not going to watch it until it’s done and I catch up on other shows. Stop trying to get me to watch weekly, it’s not going to happen. That’s just not how people watch tv anymore.
So a new show to me is new for a solid year before i can get to it sometimes. So many times a show gets cancelled before I can watch it and half the time I lose interest once I know it’s cancelled
I don't watch a TV show until it is finished, it had a satisfying ending and it is acclamied.
This is how I watched Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Sopranos. I loved it.
This is how I avoided watching a single episode of Game of Thrones.
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S03E10 - "Fly"
omg I was watching behind the scenes and Vince Gilligan was like "i really think that Fly is an episode that's going to stand out to viewers!" like, why, for being a boring hunk of crap? I think his rationale was that it's a lot of walt and jesse screen time
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The one where the whole thing is just Walter chasing a fly around the lab. I've even got a vague memory of Vince Gilligan admitting it was only there because they were an episode short of whatever they were contractually obliged to produce but had very little budget left.
no he thought people would like it because of how it develops the relationship.... the episode gets referred back to a lot. I thought it was boring though, I'm glad I'm not the only one
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Part of the problem is that modern shows have far smaller audience than two decades ago in absolute numbers. The most watched shows today have horrific numbers compared to previous decades.
they don't know that I'm watching
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Is there a television show that doesn't have a gun in it?
queens gambit
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Apparently I have horrible taste because every show i like gets canceled in the first or second season
We should start our own streaming service
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I wanted to dispute this, but aside from the hyperbole around the number of episodes per season, top-rated TV in 1975 was pretty damn good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rated_United_States_television_programs_of_1975–76
I was thinking of Fawlty towers tbh, but sure
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I bought the OG McGyver on DVD a few years ago and I was all "I remember this being a lot better than this"
Magnum PI still holds up, at least the first season.
Airwolf, not so much. Same with Hardcastle & McCormick and Riptide. I still liked Knightrider last time I watched an episode, but it was always kinda corny.
Been meaning to watch Simon & Simon next, but haven’t looked for it
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If it's on Netflix, don't expect them to finish the show.
Mindhunter and Altered Carbon my beloved. Even if I don't like AC S2, I still like to see their world explored more.
But I guess I have the source books to read.
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Back when you had TV on a specific schedule, you were forced to watch things as they were. If a show was clunky, well you didn't have much choice in the matter, it was watch that or change channel or go outside.
With on-demand stuff, you can just completely skip over stuff you might actually like because the first few episodes are clunky. Why should I watch something clunky when I have the choice to watch something I know is good from the start?
...I'm still not watching One Piece though, I don't care how good it gets later.
I read One Piece and I like it. Yes, I don't recommend starting.
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they don't know that I'm watching
They do if you're streaming. If you're pirating, then you're worthless.
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We should start our own streaming service
With blackjack, and hookers!
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With blackjack, and hookers!
forget the blackjack!
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Didn't know the name, but knew the shows. What an unfortunate piece of shit he is.
damn. I'm gonna miss IT crowd in that case
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I hate when they release streaming shows one episode per week. I am not going to watch it until it’s done and I catch up on other shows. Stop trying to get me to watch weekly, it’s not going to happen. That’s just not how people watch tv anymore.
So a new show to me is new for a solid year before i can get to it sometimes. So many times a show gets cancelled before I can watch it and half the time I lose interest once I know it’s cancelled
I prefer it that way, because if all the episodes are available at the same time I would just binge it, which always makes me feel bad.
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Is this a real thing?
Not yet, but at the rate things are going...
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There is a weird inverse relationship between how long audiences will wait to give a show a chance, and how long execs (specifically Netflix) will give the show.
I think there must be more to the Netflix example. Maybe they are monitoring other data points like web searches or show mentions on fora to quantify buzz and work out if the show has hit potential with target markets. Either that or they get some new opportunity for creative accounting with each show.
It's capitalism. Unverified, but I've heard it explained as a result of tracking growth through new subscribers. Keeping around an old show won't drive new subscribers unless it's a huge show that generates a lot of buzz. New shows have a better chance of appealing to people who aren't already subscribers. So they cancel the old one and start up another new show instead.
