Just to be clear, I wasn't necessarily commenting on the quality of the show (I checked out after Season. 1) but rather on the wisdom (or not) of pissing off a big bunch of paying subscribers.
Just to be clear, I wasn't necessarily commenting on the quality of the show (I checked out after Season. 1) but rather on the wisdom (or not) of pissing off a big bunch of paying subscribers.
The broader point here though is that there weren’t that many paying subscribers watching the show! HBO keeping shows that aren’t performing but are cheap and earn awards/think piece buzz on the air is one thing (eg, GIRLS). But it’s harder to keep making a show that costs between $80 and $160M on the air of the audience is evaporating season after season.
Just to be clear, I wasn't necessarily commenting on the quality of the show (I checked out after Season. 1) but rather on the wisdom (or not) of pissing off a big bunch of paying subscribers.
The broader point here though is that there weren’t that many paying subscribers watching the show! HBO keeping shows that aren’t performing but are cheap and earn awards/think piece buzz on the air is one thing (eg, GIRLS). But it’s harder to keep making a show that costs between $80 and $160M on the air of the audience is evaporating season after season.
Time will tell. Given the Zaslav mentality, I worry for TCM. I pray I'm wrong.