Many people are like that … I’m like that … and enjoy being able to watch a good show for 7, 8, 9 seasons but the majority of people everywhere are not like that.
Studios want to put the marketing into brand new shiny things they can have a monopoly on. If they can market the next big hit this year and they’re the only ones showing it? They’ll make millions or billions. But to market a popular show that went on air 20 years ago and still has good content would mean only a limited viewership and no monopoly on the rights to the show. All that work to just promote an already popular show that is past its prime … studios will pass on that.
Especially being a streaming show you’d figure that would be how they attract viewers.
“holy shit this show is good…wait there are 3 seasons of it I can binge!”
Many people are like that … I’m like that … and enjoy being able to watch a good show for 7, 8, 9 seasons but the majority of people everywhere are not like that.
Studios want to put the marketing into brand new shiny things they can have a monopoly on. If they can market the next big hit this year and they’re the only ones showing it? They’ll make millions or billions. But to market a popular show that went on air 20 years ago and still has good content would mean only a limited viewership and no monopoly on the rights to the show. All that work to just promote an already popular show that is past its prime … studios will pass on that.