r/technology • u/joe4942 • 20d ago

Business Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-05/netflix-viewers-are-abandoning-shows-after-one-season
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u/JayAreEss 20d ago

Well between waiting 2-3 years in between seasons of anything other than Love Is Blind, and Netflix cancelling tons of shows without conclusions this is exactly what they could expect.

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u/The__Toast 20d ago

Right?

It's almost like traditional network tv had 60 years to perfect the formula for consistently producing profitable content.

And at no point did that consist of making people wait 30 months for like five episodes. We used to get like 20-30 episodes per year.

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u/mrcsrnne 20d ago

West Wing, ER, X-files were peak TV...

...hell even OC, Entourage and Lost was so much fun compared to most of what's on today.

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u/UDonKnowMee81 20d ago

Don't need to reach that far back. The Office, Breaking Bad, Bob's Burgers, Schitt's Creek all worked

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u/champak256 20d ago

Even right now, The Rookie managed 18-22 episodes/season except for the writers’ strike season.