You think Law & Order (all of them) are networks “taking a chance”?
Yea but look at the greats or semi greats they gave a shot Game of Thrones, The Wire, Dexter, OZ, L and O (all of them), Yellowstone. Studio’s went in blindly and took a chance.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
justdaveisfine@piefed.social 1 week ago
I’m not looking up numbers right now but didn’t all of those have strong first seasons, in terms of viewers?
zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If this article from Variety is to be believed, Game of Thrones experienced viewer growth each season.
variety.com/…/euphoria-season-2-finale-ratings-12…
It did start strong, almost 10 million viewers is great, but the final season apparently had roughly 5x as many.
The article does indicate that this is unusually strong, though. I’d probably credit that to Game of Thrones becoming a cultural sensation. People became interested the more they heard other people talk about it. It bled into “normie” spaces instead of staying niche.