Show renewals are often a time for celebration. Fans of a show look forward to hearing their program has been renewed for another season, and studios know exactly how to market and deploy their announcements to maximize interest. Even if you aren’t watching a show, hearing that it got another season can generate new viewers who may not have jumped on during the initial season.
Basically, the announcement of a show renewal is its own type of advertising. So, what happens when you can’t trust these announcements anymore? Because thanks to some recent news, it’s time to realize that even these are capable of being lies from the studio.
Dexter: Original Sin Gets Renewed And Canceled
Dexter: Original Sin is the reason I’m bringing up show renewals and why you can’t trust them anymore. The Showtime series was given a Season 2 announcement but has now been given the axe. Now, I wasn’t watching Dexter: Original Sin (or any Dexter show after I dipped out eons ago during the show’s fifth season) but I feel for anyone who was checking out the prequel series. They got news that the show was coming back and got the rug pulled out from under them.
I don’t know the specifics of what goes into this kind of backtracking, but it’s becoming one of the reasons why I can’t get into newer shows. Cultivating a fan base for a show is so important to its survival and longevity, and the idea of getting in on the ground floor of a show seems more and more treacherous these days. Believe me, I should know.
This Keeps Happening
Show renewals getting unceremoniously rescinded isn’t a new phenomenon. A show I did watch was GLOW, the wrestling dramedy on Netflix. GLOW was given a fourth season to close up its story and Netflix even announced the fourth season as “The Final Match.” Season 4 was in the middle of filming when Netflix pulled the renewal just weeks after saying it was returning.
It might sound trivial but I still haven’t gotten over the cancellation of GLOW. Not just because it was a compelling show but because of that renewal announcement. Shows rarely get to close out their stories with plenty of notice, so hearing that GLOW was getting that chance was extremely uplifting. Then, Netflix doing a double cross soured me to such a degree that it’s affected my relationship with television shows in general.
I don’t trust show renewals at all anymore. This recent one with Dexter: Original Sin only further pushes me into permanent skepticism towards the studios. It would not surprise me in the least if show renewal announcements are now part of a studio examining whether they actually should renew a show. Until someone can prove otherwise, I believe there is a dataset that gets analyzed after certain show renewal announcements — social media reactions, video views on the announcement etc. — and if it doesn’t hit certain thresholds for engagement, the studio is willing to betray the show and its fans.
That doesn’t make me want to watch too many new shows. Guess I need to catch back up on Columbo.
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