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bhind45 t1_j9tyzqp wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in 'Soulmates' Canceled at AMC Despite Season 2 Renewal by MarvelsGrantMan136

>Literally no show is safe these days no matter how popular.

Isn't this really only a AMC/streaming thing at the moment? Shows on network television seem pretty safe if they're popular enough. Plus I think Netflix was really only doing this when covid screwed things up for a while, unless I'm remembering incorrectly.

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CollinsCouldveDucked t1_j9u8lqt wrote

Inside Job had a second season renewal before being unceremoniously shitcanned

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Quiet-Election1561 t1_j9w64gs wrote

Every good adult animated show just gets axed, I genuinely loved Inside Job. And Bless the Harts.

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glowhips t1_ja1vzr7 wrote

Bless the Harts?

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Quiet-Election1561 t1_ja1whl8 wrote

Animated show about a trashy, southern family in their dump of a town.

It's both a lampoon of southern life, and a decent family centered comedy.

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mrmeatypop t1_j9yg8vs wrote

It’s a bit more complicated than that. It’s pretty standard in the animation world now to have one large batch of episodes ordered, but then the network splits it into “seasons”. So when Netflix announced they renewed Inside Job, it really meant nothing since they had already ordered the episodes from day one.

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CollinsCouldveDucked t1_j9yhela wrote

It's not.

You're conflating part 2 and season 2.

A second season renewal is a very specific thing under Hollywood unions.

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CertainAlbatross7739 t1_j9u3t9p wrote

Snowpiercer was doing fine on TNT, with episodes airing same day on Netflix. Its fourth and final season is pretty much complete but they just decided to fucking pull it.

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SuspendedInKarmaMama t1_j9w9yd4 wrote

In my country it's on Netflix and they add the episodes same day as they air. So for the entire season and some time after, it was always in the top ten.

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yodimboi t1_j9u67z6 wrote

It’s the exception. TNT wanted out of scripted programming so they decided to not air it.

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CertainAlbatross7739 t1_j9u81ee wrote

Is it the exception? Because Showtime cancelled that Shailene Woodley and DeWanda Wise show before it premiered, and the whole freaking thing was in the can too.

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yodimboi t1_j9u8pu3 wrote

Showtime had a merger. While they may have been common for the last year or so, they are also a very specific situation. Mergers don’t happen all the time.

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CertainAlbatross7739 t1_j9ucgd2 wrote

Whatever triggered it, I don't buy that these are isolated incidents. I agree with the guy up top, this kind of thing will happen again on other networks.

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J_Warphead t1_j9v41ds wrote

I’m just getting fed up that I am willing to buy a subscription just to watch a show and all the services that are supposed to want my money tell me to fuck off.

We have to admit that the only purpose of streaming ahows is to get us to subscribe, us keeping our subscription means nothing to them.

Everybody who signs up for one show needs to cancel as soon as that show is canceled.

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lightsongtheold t1_j9us73i wrote

It is not the exception. WBD have done it with multiple shows at TNT, TBS, and HBO Max. Hell, they even did it with The Nevers at HBO!

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yodimboi t1_j9xen5a wrote

WBD is also another merger. Mergers do end up with weird shit in the start. It’s an exception. And popular shows don’t get cancelled because they make money. No company wants to throw money into something and then scrap it. What is happening right now will stop and won’t become the norm. It’s not a profitable tactic, it’s just more profitable now in the long run.

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bros402 t1_j9v1l2g wrote

ABC cancelled Stumptown despite a season 2 renewal

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RecommendsMalazan t1_j9ufp71 wrote

Netflix canceled Inside Job this past year despite the season 2 renewal order.

Adult Swim/HBO/WB/whoever you want to blame canceled Venture Bros in 2020 despite the season 8 renewal order.

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f_d t1_j9vsttc wrote

After their merger with Discovery, Warner and its divisions retroactively canceled shows that had already finished airing, shows that were partway through airing, shows that had been officially renewed, and a decent-sized movie that was in postproduction. Also CNN+ barely after launching it. They even pulled down half their own Looney Tunes library. If they think they can wring more money out of it by not airing it, they will, no matter what it is.

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ChrisRedfieldfanboy t1_j9vfjxi wrote

CBS All Access cancelled Who Women Kill when they were about to start filming season 3.

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PlasticMansGlasses t1_j9vb4l2 wrote

Covid cancellations were understandable, for the most part. This here is just backstabbing fuckery

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