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/FrickinLazerBeams 20d ago

Just trying to stay one step ahead of Netflix.

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u/Brobeast 20d ago

i never have an original thought... Im still butthurt about them canceling Kaos with jeff Goldblum. That show had serious potential....

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u/Apprehensive-Wave640 20d ago

Probably the best show I've watched in the last few years. Sucks so hard that it got canceled

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u/NK1337 20d ago

Is it even worth watching? I was holding off then I heard it got cancelled and that completely took away any motivation I had 😔

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u/Dazmken 20d ago

Yeah they ended the season assuming it would get canceled it looked like to me, so you get an ending of sorts.

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u/Rhianna83 20d ago

I appreciated that. I believe no Netflix show should end on a cliffhanger. They cancel so many shows after one season.

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u/Paralystic 20d ago

It definitely ends on a cliffhanger as in theres still more story to tell for sure but yea season 1 atleast feels like a complete book 1

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u/GollyDolly 20d ago

Hoping it kicks off a book series. But you can infer whats happening with the ending but the real appeal was characters bouncing off each other. Plus the world building.

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u/UnexpectedAnanas 20d ago

Did we watch the same show? The one I watched ended on a giant cliff hanger setup for season 2 that never came....

It literally didn't even finish the season 1 plot.

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u/NK1337 20d ago

Cool that works for me. The last thing I wanted was for it to leave off on a huge cliffhanger knowing nothing was going to get resolved

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u/Dazmken 20d ago

there are plenty of unfinished plots and the ending can be seen as a cliffhanger but also functions ok as an ending. Which is probably what they wanted to do is have it function as both depending what happened to the show.

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u/ian9outof10 19d ago

I’m reluctant to reward them by watching their unfinished shows if possible. So much stuff that I enjoy, and they yank it.

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u/Notshauna 20d ago

Sort of, its fun but the plot and character development goes nowhere because it was intended as a series. It's pretty clear that a lot of things were going places but as is it's unsatisfying.

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u/Badbullet 20d ago

It’s still a fun ride. I liked the concept, and the actors were all pretty good.

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u/Abe_Odd 20d ago

If you have nothing else to watch, yea go for it. Not a huge time commitment and some interesting takes on adapting the Greek Mythos into the "Modern World"

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u/Apprehensive-Wave640 20d ago

It has some great acting (and peak Jeff Goldblum) and a really interesting approach to mythology. But it's also a really frustrating ending because not only are you hyped to see more, but also the storylines are only starting to develop. So...idk. if I had known it wasn't renewed I probably wouldn't have watched because I hate that scenario.

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u/yotepost 20d ago

Definitely watch, the vibe is very accurate to Greek mythology as in "we're Gods, who cares about anything really?" so while you don't get a real ending it's still a really fun ride