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What We Watched: A Netflix engagement report

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Post by chihuahua »

imglorp wrote: post #50

These results must be heavily influenced by canceled series but the word is not mentioned (probably verbotten) on the posting. If I've watched a dozen series and had them cancelled before their conclusion over recent years -- not an exaggeration -- I will be much less likely to watch a new series. Instead I will tend towards movies or a limited duration series, usually sixish episodes with a premeditated conclusion,…

Imagine if Google had a studio for TV shows; they would cancel everything after 1 or 2 episodes.

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Post by manquer »

aidenn0 wrote: post #42

I have a Netflix subscription. I have watched exactly 0 hours total of the items called out in TFA; am I out of touch? Am I missing something of particular cultural value?

Why would that be the logical conclusion ? Not everyone listens to pop music for example that doesn't mean we are out of touch, not seeing pop shows just means we have different tastes than the most common denominator.

There are a large variety of tastes and streaming companies cater to the segments which make enough financial returns, not just only pop culture, as long as enough people are there in the segments we like - it shouldn't matter what pop culture is doing.

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Post by nomel »

firebirdn99 wrote: post #30

Kinda sad that Netflix opted for quantity over quality. It shows with all the inane sequels like Murder mystery 2, Extraction 2 and with the idea of just filling an uninteresting script with some stars to make the numbers like Red Notice. And many of the top 50 shows reflect just that. The last Netflix original I watched and liked was The Queen's Gambit.

Or, to look at it another way, they're giving their paying customers what they want.

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Post by nomel »

eps wrote: post #55
Cyph0n wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The cancellation of 1899 was the last straw for me.

Give "Dark" a watch.

I was fairly disappointed in 1899, after coming from Dark (same creators). Dark was incredibly dense, by comparison. Dark is easily my top show on Netflix, so far.

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Post by arebop »

chihuahua wrote: post #71
imglorp wrote: post #50

These results must be heavily influenced by canceled series but the word is not mentioned (probably verbotten) on the posting. If I've watched a dozen series and had them cancelled before their conclusion over recent years -- not an exaggeration -- I will be much less likely to watch a new series. Instead I will tend towards movies or a limited duration series, usually sixish episodes with a premeditated conclusion,…

Imagine if Google had a studio for TV shows; they would cancel everything after 1 or 2 episodes.

Nah they gave the shows like 2 months, and the studio lingered more than a year [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_Original_Channel_Initi...]

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Post by barryvan »

Tomis02 wrote: post #67

Slightly related. Netflix is that company that doesn't provide English subtitles in Australia (unless the movie/show's original language is not English), and possibly other native English countries as well. They do provide closed captions however, so that we get helpful captions such as " loud urinating sounds ".

Is that really so problematic, though? It's the same as ABC iView and SBS OnDemand, from what I can tell... Perhaps this is just to comply with local law, then?

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Post by sneed_chucker »

layoric wrote: post #66
teej wrote: post #35

I noticed that the watchtime of `You` was split half-and-half between the new season 4 and the prior seasons 1-3. I was curious about the total results by show, including all seasons. Here's the top 25: TITLE TOTAL HRS WATCHED ----- ----------------- Ginny & Georgia 967,200,000 The Night Agent 812,100,000 You 766,300,000 Outer Banks 740,400,000 The Walking Dead 738,600,000 The Glory 622,800,000 La Reina del Sur 616,8…

> The Big Bang Theory 420,400,000 That is just depressing IMO.. I don't understand the appeal to that show..

Eh. It's a pretty typical sitcom. Might not be your cup of tea, but they're widely popular

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Post by andrei_says_ »

layoric wrote: post #66
teej wrote: post #35

I noticed that the watchtime of `You` was split half-and-half between the new season 4 and the prior seasons 1-3. I was curious about the total results by show, including all seasons. Here's the top 25: TITLE TOTAL HRS WATCHED ----- ----------------- Ginny & Georgia 967,200,000 The Night Agent 812,100,000 You 766,300,000 Outer Banks 740,400,000 The Walking Dead 738,600,000 The Glory 622,800,000 La Reina del Sur 616,8…

> The Big Bang Theory 420,400,000 That is just depressing IMO.. I don't understand the appeal to that show..

It’s nerdy and pedantic and I like seeing that part of me made fun of.
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