Why Netflix keeps cancelling your favourite shows

Why Netflix keeps cancelling your favourite shows | WIRED Explains

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Last year, sci-fi show Altered Carbon joined Sense8, The OA and Luke Cage in being axed from Netflix after just two seasons. What followed was the now-traditional furious fan campaign to save the series from an early death.
But while it’s sad for fans to see a show cut dramatically short, for Netflix, it comes down to the data. In this WIRED Explains, we explore the data metrics Netflix uses to decide whether to renew or axe a TV show.
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@lostpianist 3 жыл бұрын

Because they don’t respect their customers’ experiences.

@danjun7986 Жыл бұрын

Because they pay for everything unlike traditional networks

@tristavlog Жыл бұрын

Deciding not to go bankrupt is not disrespecting the customers. I totally agree with their business model for tv shows renewals.

@FaintImpression Жыл бұрын

@@tristavlog I'm not convinced this strategy is the best financially. It's short sighted and will hurt them in the long run though. They should at least be doing what they did with Sense 8 and wrapping shows up with movies or special episodes. They're creating a weak back catalogue of unfinished shows and they're straining their relationship with customers. As more 3rd parties pull their content off the services Netflix will just be left with a library of mostly incomplete shows that aren't worth watching. They're setting themselves up for future failure

@mncdssctn9110 2 ай бұрын

All that matters is whether the show makes enough money to be profitable. How much the people who do watch think it is, is not important. That being said, if they gave more shows a chance to find its audience, it’s certainly possible that it will be a hit later on.

@victoriap1561 2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that the catalog becomes weaker as you don't want to watch that show later on if it's incomplete

@LewisWalsh 2 жыл бұрын

I get it. But I wish when they axed a show they would make a feature-length final episode to tie things up.

@shmookins 2 жыл бұрын

Blame the writers that gamble their viewers to land another season deal. Netflix gives the writers freedom. So the writers shouldn't leave shows deliberately in cliffhangers when they don't know if they will get another season deal or not. Writers can address this issue in multiple ways, but sadly some don't care enough for their own fans' experience.

@resarious6225 7 ай бұрын

@@shmookins see now reading this after finding out the creators of inside job were told they were gonna get at least two seasons, and then got their show axed after one really makes me upset :,)

@BettyBoolean 3 жыл бұрын

Jupiters Legacy was cancelled after a single season but it was within on a couple of weeks of launch. It was set up for more seasons so it seems the decision to cancel was made before viewer data had been collected? I question even the annoucement of the decision in this case, why did netflix feel the need to announce when the show hadn't even had a chance to earn some word of mouth? The announcement itself must have had a negative impact on people giving it a chance. Why watch a show thats going nowhere?

@fuckhq1933 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and then I cancelled my Netflix subscription

@UnstableEvil 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@jayvhoncalma3458 Жыл бұрын

They got Nae nae'd

@limesquared Жыл бұрын

Two months is not enough time to decide if a show gets canceled. And what if hit shows like Dark and Stranger Things had been canceled after a year ? They would have absolutely been ruined. We need to go back to a show a week to give the shows a bigger chance.

@R3M5 Жыл бұрын

so many childhood shows just dissolved. i remember seeing one season of one of my favourite shows missing, kinda sad how netflix is slow to add shows but quick to delete them

@usafinland3919 2 жыл бұрын

I am getting very tired of Netflix in Finland, not only do they cancel good shows but are so slow to add new ones. Any advice on a alternative network besides HBO?

@danielgreen6302 Жыл бұрын

true I loved Norsemen it was fantastically funny. what a terrible loss, and that's just for starters.

@michielp1922 Жыл бұрын

pirate your series

@pigizoid9924 Жыл бұрын

Netflix cancels shows that take risks to create amazing new content, they cancel those shows so they can fall back into their comfortable money making shows that get high foot traffic by being bland and easy to observe while not actually being good, they just want another big mouth season

@melb5996 3 жыл бұрын

Utter disregards for its customer base. Not going to get a penny from me anymore

@ryanartward Жыл бұрын

At least Amazon had the decency to make a series final season instead of doing a tablecloth pull.

@Alkis05 3 жыл бұрын

It used to be the case that series would last forever and gradually fizzle out. Than series finales were invented. I see a lot of shows that people say were cancelled when it actually had an ending. Sure, some like sense 8 and Marco Polo were truly cancelled, but a lot of shows, like queens gambit, were never intended to be long shows. Sometimes for the better. There is nothing worse than dragging a popular show just to milk it for money without actually any original idea on how to keep the story going. TV networks also have the habit of axing series way soon, Fox being the greatest offender. At least, if a series Fails on netflix it is not because it was allotted a bad timeslot or released episodes in the wrong order (* cough * Firefly * cough *)

@pendaranroberts4350 2 жыл бұрын

If I like a show on Netflix it’s pretty much guaranteed to be canceled. I’m thinking of doing my own canceling. The latest show I loved is archive 81, which I think is fantastic. Better than American horror story. Cancelled! Pisses me off so much!

@Baslium 2 жыл бұрын

I love archive 81 and I feel it can become a cult hit, no ideas why Netflix will cancel it.

@danjun7986 Жыл бұрын

@@Baslium probably because not enough people were finishing the season

@nicb.1411 11 ай бұрын

But now its gotten to the point where i refuse to watch a new series unless it is already finished. No point in filling my head with incomplete stories. Definitely not paying for that.

@mncdssctn9110 2 ай бұрын

Truly a catch 22. I’m not so eager to start watching shows that have a major risk of getting cancelled, but if everybody thinks like that, it’s definetly getting cancelled.

@sir1junior 2 жыл бұрын

ALTERED CARBON sadly didn't get it's last and 3rd season.

@sophie600 2 жыл бұрын

rip Sense8 :(

@kaior1 Жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT

@CoolSlickGuywithbigschlong 2 жыл бұрын

Wished there had been a third season of The Punisher ...Got hooked to the characters and story

@marianblas165 3 жыл бұрын

Save The OA #SaveTheOA

@pendaranroberts4350 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic show cancelled. So angry!

@macberry4048 3 жыл бұрын

On the other hand they drop a show all at once and you have to wait a year for the next season. Right now Disney is doing better, right after Wanda they put falcon and winter soldier

@applemontea 9 ай бұрын

It's sad if the show is actually good, and some people just haven't realized or had the free time to watch it, and because the show's 28-day metric was simply trimmed not to produced in the future, then quietly sank and died slowly. just like WIRED Explains who stopped uploading new videos 2 years ago

@rasmusdrongesen2721 Жыл бұрын

Why have a netflix when most of the shows gets cancelled leaving with a shitty ending...

@mncdssctn9110 2 ай бұрын

NCIS with its view number would probably been cancelled after 1-2 season in this day and age, later on it became the most popular drama show on television and is now on season 21, plus some successful spinoffs.

@fidker Жыл бұрын

Here after 1899 got cancelled prematurely, so basically they will continue normie shows no matter if it's bad and axe shows that challenges, take risks and actually break new grounds, thankfully they'll cancel my access to Netflix themselves by removing password sharing this year

@samratdey9486 Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when blind algorithms wear down everything to the lowest common denominator, Netflix is killing art and creativity on TV and deserves to die.

@elmerfudd5193 3 жыл бұрын

It’s like when tv shows move to a different night and time......😮

@B.Mindful Жыл бұрын

I'm heart broken about Half Bad getting canceled... 😭☹️😣

@Dariel517 3 ай бұрын

I hate when Netflix remove seasons and add just new ones which I hate

@mkmhouse 2 жыл бұрын

Poor Anne with an E 😭😢

@-atr0c_ty- 2 жыл бұрын

I frikin hate you Netflix, For fking cancel my favorite childhood cartoon for 1-4 seasons. 1-4 SEASONS. NETFLIX. And then you just what cancel a whole entire seasons for p0rn movies? Yeah, no thx Edit: sorry for raging..

@ChripaerPh4 Жыл бұрын

Don't need to be sorry, I feel the same. My childhood show was removed as well, it was adventure times. What was yours?

@tonivoul1971 2 жыл бұрын

They dont say the show is canceled they just leave it there just new users thing it is a new show when it came from 2016 and it stopted makong episodes for some years

@cltr174 Жыл бұрын

The worst show they canceled for me was Marco Polo, they don't even delete it while its incomplete

@clauaome25 Жыл бұрын

Same. I really wanted to see how it ended

@SoAS26 3 жыл бұрын

What about the patriot act ???

@johnc_ 3 жыл бұрын

82 million households watched at least 2 minutes of Bridgerton? Not watched all of it... Do the autoplay previews count towards those 82 million?

@shmookins 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds fair. Thanks for the explanation.

@petermartin1954 2 жыл бұрын

Watch Amazon prime

@atte140 9 ай бұрын

My fav anime got deleted😭😭😭😭😭 its Black lagoon

@theonlybonsu 3 жыл бұрын

Why?....The 💰. (Saved u four minutes)

@notarobot459 Жыл бұрын

Netflix home of the cancelled shows?

@aquilmoscicki6620 Жыл бұрын

They took of znation like why I didn’t finished it

@GTBLF.2012Music 4 ай бұрын

They also canceled my show Pokémon Horizons for no reason

@wscamel226 Жыл бұрын

But then why was I able to watch 6 seasons of certain something just recently but now there are only 5 seasons??? WHYYYYYYYYY? Y? Yellow

@suiyeethepinkunicorn7780 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder wtf did Netflix do to my anime

@evamalezic2066 Жыл бұрын

Why did The 100 just dissapear from netflix one day????????

@Baslium 2 жыл бұрын

New show is bad and old show that I love got cancle.

@enjoyyoursleep1 2 жыл бұрын

My netflix account is shut....

@GrimReaper192 4 ай бұрын

This doesn’t explain why they are slow to cancel bad/unpopular shows

@hanniffydinn6019 3 жыл бұрын

It’s simple they cancel after season 2 of all shows. 🤡🤡🤡🌍🌍🌍

@youfool6383 2 жыл бұрын

this is why i stopped watching netflix

@LinkTheFusky Жыл бұрын

NETFLIX WHERE MY HERO ACEDAMIA SEASON 2 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@DJVSTAR1 2 жыл бұрын

Bye bye Netflix

@LucasTOrz 2 жыл бұрын

Is call HYPE

@nofilter.906 10 ай бұрын

I dont watch Netflix anymore ( I canceled it )....if a show you like doesn't have 53 BILLION VIEWERS!!,,, it's not making money,CANCEL IT!!!.....so I got tired of shows I like being canceled....I dont fcuk with Netflix anymore..

@pigizoid9924 Жыл бұрын

Netflix just wants big faces for cheap prices

@erich8347 2 жыл бұрын

Peep Show >

@Killacam1319A Жыл бұрын

I’m your 666th like

@TheAgentOfDeath 3 жыл бұрын

@ashleybellerose7104 7 ай бұрын

Okay but they got rid of Shrek... just to bring it back

@permafrost1030 2 жыл бұрын

i watched a video from him like 6 years ago and it showed him being injected with something and the title said "become a cyborg" and it literally look so weird

@Bird_Man2023 2 жыл бұрын

Netflix is overrated, VERY overrated.

@anonts5050 2 ай бұрын

because blackrock pay them to keep doing DEI woke show ?

@slbumkim2925 3 жыл бұрын

Being has a tendency to 'return' to clusters ='the nature of solidarity' -a desire for empathy -(Wave)-(yin) and also, Being has a tendency to 'exist' as individuals ='the nature of self-expension' -a desire for breed-(Particle)-(Yang) Likewise, humans have two elements. We must realize that we all have both left and right elements =Solidarity and Self reliance No one has only one element. so 'Sum' derived from 'two poles' , (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) To develop intellect and ethics by harmonizing the two, It is good to realize it and balance it properly But A few people polarized the crowd(political partisanship) without balancing themselves. And They stole only the sum, only the synthesis from the triangle composition. Now We all have to get out of this deceptive situation. This is not the time for us to hate each other. We have to track down those who have been manipulating us.