I think that's the opposite of what they are thinking. If a show draws enough viewers to pay for itself, and it's the only reason people watch Netflix, then it stays. I think a show is more vulnerable if people also enjoy other Netflix shows.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Someone, I can't remember who, was interviewed on Marc Maron's WTF and >> said getting a few hundred thousand loyal viewers would be enough to get a >> show renewed on Netflix. I wonder if that's still the equation. >> > > Since Netflix isn't selling ad time they don't need to worry about getting > the biggest audience possible. Netflix would have some standard they hold a > show to. Since the more shows a subscriber watches, the more likely they > are to keep a subscription, if Netflix has two shows that draw identical > numbers of viewers, and one draws viewers who watch many other Netflix > shows while the other has viewers who only watch that show, the former > would be renewed and the latter canceled. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
