“As it becomes harder and harder for series to pull in mass audiences, I wonder if we’ll have similar celebrations for the best shows we’re watching now.”
I asked Dan a similar question (it was about revisiting streaming-made shows) last year on his THR podcast and he replied that while distance is needed, a lot of these shows have too sm…
“As it becomes harder and harder for series to pull in mass audiences, I wonder if we’ll have similar celebrations for the best shows we’re watching now.”
I asked Dan a similar question (it was about revisiting streaming-made shows) last year on his THR podcast and he replied that while distance is needed, a lot of these shows have too small of an episode count to stand out in the long term.
Unless the show had an it a significant outsized influence on pop culture (Succession, Stranger Things) in the moment, I think these Peak-TV era shows will just have niche celebrations (like Halt and Catch Fire did). It’s similar to what you wrote last month about needing longer seasons to built that relationship.
I'm confident that IP will continue to have monetary value in the future and as long as that's true, there will be someone willing to exploit that IP. There's more Halt and Catch Fire-level successes now than ever so its hard to say what will stick down the road, but if Netflix still exists they're going to exploit a Stranger Things reunion whether people really care or not (as just an example).
“As it becomes harder and harder for series to pull in mass audiences, I wonder if we’ll have similar celebrations for the best shows we’re watching now.”
I asked Dan a similar question (it was about revisiting streaming-made shows) last year on his THR podcast and he replied that while distance is needed, a lot of these shows have too small of an episode count to stand out in the long term.
Unless the show had an it a significant outsized influence on pop culture (Succession, Stranger Things) in the moment, I think these Peak-TV era shows will just have niche celebrations (like Halt and Catch Fire did). It’s similar to what you wrote last month about needing longer seasons to built that relationship.
I'm confident that IP will continue to have monetary value in the future and as long as that's true, there will be someone willing to exploit that IP. There's more Halt and Catch Fire-level successes now than ever so its hard to say what will stick down the road, but if Netflix still exists they're going to exploit a Stranger Things reunion whether people really care or not (as just an example).