I wish they’d stop canceling shows immediately if they don’t have 90 billion people watching in the 1st week. Yeah I didn’t have time to get to your time traveling boat show (1899 I think it was called) the week you launched it, then I heard it got good reviews and then got shut down, so I never bothered watching because it was an aborted storyline. So many promising shows that maybe wouldn’t have been great but could’ve been at least worth watching axed after the 1st season or even half season.
Now they’ve got a rep for canceling everything-- how is that supposed to attract more customers?
They should do what kids cartoon networks have been doing for decades - run a new show for exactly three seasons, no more, no less. Be really upfront with creators that they’re going to get three seasons of ten episodes each. Do that for five years and viewers will come back because they’ll know shows will actually end. After that, they can start being more choosey about what they renew, but they need consumer confidence back first.
That boat show, made by the same people who made Dark, was pretty good. Think like LOTR’s first movie - it does wrap up, even if it had also meant to go onwards (and in this case did not).
I wish they’d stop canceling shows immediately if they don’t have 90 billion people watching in the 1st week. Yeah I didn’t have time to get to your time traveling boat show (1899 I think it was called) the week you launched it, then I heard it got good reviews and then got shut down, so I never bothered watching because it was an aborted storyline. So many promising shows that maybe wouldn’t have been great but could’ve been at least worth watching axed after the 1st season or even half season.
Now they’ve got a rep for canceling everything-- how is that supposed to attract more customers?
They should do what kids cartoon networks have been doing for decades - run a new show for exactly three seasons, no more, no less. Be really upfront with creators that they’re going to get three seasons of ten episodes each. Do that for five years and viewers will come back because they’ll know shows will actually end. After that, they can start being more choosey about what they renew, but they need consumer confidence back first.
If you want something similar and haven’t yet, Dark is pretty good. Has at least one of the same actors, too.
That boat show, made by the same people who made Dark, was pretty good. Think like LOTR’s first movie - it does wrap up, even if it had also meant to go onwards (and in this case did not).
If the concept intrigues you, do watch 1899. It stops on a cliffhanger but reveals enough to be worth your time. Shame it got cancelled.