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GLOW (Netflix) Cancelled/Unrenewed for Season 4 due to COVID-19
- Thread starter TheAbsolution
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I said I would give up ST for GLOW. I understand ST is more popular, but honestly I don't get why.
This sucks... glow was one of the best shows of the past few years and it deserved a real ending
I know Netflix have their algorithms etc... but I feel they are eventually going to piss off enough people with these cancellations to turn people away.
So many shows have been cancelled after S2/S3 with solid fanbases that are just being cancelled, and due to the way Netflix hold the rights, there is no hope of anyone else picking up these shows either.
I'm sure the data is good in terms of cancelling GLOW after S3 or The OA after S2 or Giri/Haji after S1 etc... for the bottom line (it won't bring in any new customers), but there's a point at which enough existing customers will just get so frustrated with these decisions and turn away. I'd much rather have one of those seasons of a show that I'm invested in than another slew of 10-episode seasons of which 1/5 might stick.
So many shows have been cancelled after S2/S3 with solid fanbases that are just being cancelled, and due to the way Netflix hold the rights, there is no hope of anyone else picking up these shows either.
I'm sure the data is good in terms of cancelling GLOW after S3 or The OA after S2 or Giri/Haji after S1 etc... for the bottom line (it won't bring in any new customers), but there's a point at which enough existing customers will just get so frustrated with these decisions and turn away. I'd much rather have one of those seasons of a show that I'm invested in than another slew of 10-episode seasons of which 1/5 might stick.
Lesson learned: don't watch anymore Netflix shows until it properly ends to binge watch in peace.
They should at least make sure each of their series has an ending. Many people are discouraged from pick up a new show if they know it never has a proper conclusion.
Probably not. Actors would be fully released from their contracts, and with a cast this large, it would be hard to get them all back. Also, as appears to be the crux of the cancelation, if they don't think the audience will be there in 2022, it sure as hell isn't going to be there in 2025 or whenever.
It's dead. The only dead Netflix show that I could realistically see getting resurrected at some point is Mindhunter.
Not enough to matter to their bottom line. You've never been guaranteed a proper conclusion in television and you never will be.
tv shows are too often on some bullshit. either they go on far too long or they don't get enough time to properly end.
it does happen though, Tuca & Bertie got revived by adult swim. this however is unlikely since it's very expensive to make.
man I'll fuckin take this. A tightly scripted special to lend closure would be a decent compromise
You do know the goal is high quality content, not to release a new show every week?
I'm here as well, although I think I would have watched it, hoping that they could turn it around and end well. There were some good episodes and scenes, but S3 was alternately boring and depressing in the second half.
I hated
The Brie/Maron Romance. I thought they were supposed to have a father-daughter relationship, so it felt pretty gross, not to mention unneeded.
I prefer to look at the end of season 2 as the end of the series. (I'm glad the cast got work for a third season, and that they got paid for S4, of course.)
It is funny to see people lately lament Netflix for killing shows after three or four seasons. I feel like it wasn't that long ago that networks were pulling the plug on shows after barely a year, if that, and whatever the last episode was your ending. It wasn't really until Lost, I think, that tv shows being allowed to plan for ending on its own terms became a thing.
Damn shame, hopefully they can put together some kind of finale at some point, S3 ends on such a doozey of a cliffhanger.
I admit I didn't love the third season but I'm kind of livid that they left so many of the character's arcs wide open for a conclusion, promised said conclusion and then ripped it away. With every one of these cancellations Netflix is painting a clear picture of how mercenary and untrustworthy they are
This sucks, but I understand why they had to do it for business reasons. COVID is really good cover for cancelling stuff, but I'm not going to sit at home and wear a mask everywhere and be baffled why a show with full on wrestling is viewed as relatively unsafe and risky. But it really, really sucks.
Going to just sit out here and hope post-COVID they're willing to do a finale movie or something to cap the storyline. We don't need a full season, just give me something satisfying to end rewatches on.
Going to just sit out here and hope post-COVID they're willing to do a finale movie or something to cap the storyline. We don't need a full season, just give me something satisfying to end rewatches on.
GLOW wasn't canceled for any reason other than they can't film wrestling because of Covid. The actors were all already paid.
One of the reasons for cancelling the series was that they felt that by the time they could safely continue filming it the time between series would have been too long to keep a big enough audience. That logic applies whether it's a full series or a one-off special so sadly I don't see it happening.
Having said that, enough people complained about Sense8 for Netflix to fund a finale and the noise from Lucifer fans got them to pick up what was a dead series for another 3 seasons so it's not without precedent.
Now, if I can just get them to pick up Firefly!
Apparently the scripts have already been written and the cast has been paid?
Do a fucking live table read!
Do a fucking live table read!
Making Sense of TV’s Wave of “Un-Renewals”
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage balance sheets across the entertainment industry, a rapidly rising number of scripted originals are having their previously announced renewals reversed.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
wowww
Honestly I would take this. I just want a proper conclusion of some sort
Was literally next in line for my next binge. Now i don't know if i should even bother.
Dear Netflix. 1. Stop giving your fucking shows cliffhangers if you're not committed. 2. Or give every show a minimum 2 season deal before pulling the trigger.
Dear Netflix. 1. Stop giving your fucking shows cliffhangers if you're not committed. 2. Or give every show a minimum 2 season deal before pulling the trigger.
This would at least give some closure to the show. At this point I will take it over just abruptly ending the series.
She deleted her tweet, but a wrestler named Taya Valkyrie said she was cast for the 3rd season and posted photos with the cast, so at least some of the show was already filmed.
She deleted her tweet, but a wrestler named Taya Valkyrie said she was cast for the 3rd season and posted photos with the cast, so at least some of the show was already filmed.
What the everloving fuck? That's an insane budget. No wonder Netflix axed it.Making Sense of TV’s Wave of “Un-Renewals”
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage balance sheets across the entertainment industry, a rapidly rising number of scripted originals are having their previously announced renewals reversed.
wowww
Netflix is pumping enough content that eventually someone will find something new to get over their frustration. You see it on their social media pages. For a couple weeks you see people constantly mentioning to renew their show then it fades away. Netflix algorithms seem to work pretty well.