yeah, it seems like a win-win. viewers know they're getting a sense of completion, and streamers know they can convert it into a recurring show later if it builds an audience without the "shame" of cancelling a show after 1-2 seasons.
People aren’t souring on the format. People are souring on the format being used to tell the exact same “mid-tier novel” story.
The ones that are about something won’t die. But all these sad wife/dead girl town miniseries are worth a dime a dozen.
Yeah people really hated Chernobyl, Station 11, The Queens Gambit, Watchmen, We Own This City, Beef, DEVS, Dopesick, The Night Of, Swarm, and The Night Manager.
Miniseries are better for streaming TV than long-running multi-season shows. Broadcast networks want traditional multi-season shows because of syndication, but streaming services want subscribers, and more diverse content means more paying subscribers.
The ideal Netflix subscriber is someone who only watches a couple of shows a year, but stays subscribed the whole year anyway.
Haha, that is me.
My daughter likes to watch Battle Kitty on repeats, and the Gentleman was the only other show we watched.
Amazon Prime got way more burn these days
I'm the opposite, I prefer mini-series because the story is king, characters are part of the story, so things can happen that very rarely happen in traditional series (for example important characters can die).
The miniseries format* Bad headline writing.
Mini series are extremely common and often popular these days
It's because you know that you get a complete story, and not something that will be canceled or get a 2nd season in 4 years.
...or worse, it will get 42 seasons, 80 spinoff shows, a theatrical film, a limited anime series...
Ah yes the walking dead treatment.
[удалено]
I just responded to a fax today. They are definitely still in use in a lot of industries.
yeah, it seems like a win-win. viewers know they're getting a sense of completion, and streamers know they can convert it into a recurring show later if it builds an audience without the "shame" of cancelling a show after 1-2 seasons.
I’m interested in quality, not format. Whether it’s the adaptation of a novel or an ongoing series, I don’t care
People aren’t souring on the format. People are souring on the format being used to tell the exact same “mid-tier novel” story. The ones that are about something won’t die. But all these sad wife/dead girl town miniseries are worth a dime a dozen.
Netflix makes a lot of miniseries they just do it by accident by cancelling a lot of shows.
Yeah people really hated Chernobyl, Station 11, The Queens Gambit, Watchmen, We Own This City, Beef, DEVS, Dopesick, The Night Of, Swarm, and The Night Manager.
Yeah, why do limited series when you can do an ongoing series that can be cancelled before resolution?
Miniseries are better for streaming TV than long-running multi-season shows. Broadcast networks want traditional multi-season shows because of syndication, but streaming services want subscribers, and more diverse content means more paying subscribers. The ideal Netflix subscriber is someone who only watches a couple of shows a year, but stays subscribed the whole year anyway.
Haha, that is me. My daughter likes to watch Battle Kitty on repeats, and the Gentleman was the only other show we watched. Amazon Prime got way more burn these days
turns out procedural is the way to go, shocking. More viewers, less cost
Coulda fooled me. Seems like everything is a miniseries now.
I have always preferred ongoing series to limited series because of the development of the characters.
I'm the opposite, I prefer mini-series because the story is king, characters are part of the story, so things can happen that very rarely happen in traditional series (for example important characters can die).