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My barber's take on why some shows get canceled changed how I watch TV
I was getting a haircut last Saturday at Frank's Barbershop on 3rd Street and he started ranting about how 'Terriers' got canned after 13 episodes. He said networks don't give shows room to breathe anymore, they want instant numbers or they pull the plug. That hit different because I realized I'm part of the problem - I binge stuff months later and don't watch live, so my views don't count for renewal. Has anyone else thought about how our delayed watching habits might be killing the shows we love?
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mark_smith594d ago
Right, so we're all supposed to watch TV live like it's 1995 now?
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Used to be one of those people who was like "just wait for the reviews" and watch everything way after it aired. Never really got why people made a big deal about ratings or anything like that. But hearing it put that way from the barber kinda clicked for me. If nobody watches when it actually comes out, the network sees zero interest and pulls the plug before we even know a show exists. Kinda makes you feel guilty for being part of the problem even if you don't mean to. Now I try to at least throw on something I like in the background when it's airing just to bump those numbers up a tiny bit.
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king.aaron2d ago
Makes me think about how everything's kind of built that way now. You don't show up, they assume you don't care, and then it's gone before you even knew it existed.
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