I think this is something that affects Hollywood in general and will be aggravated by the dominance of streaming: distributors make money on anything you watch as long as you remain subscribed, but writers/producers of shows will only make a name for themselves and picked for more seasons if their show gets a certain number of watchers. Quality does not matter, only quantity.

So, what better/cheaper way to get large numbers of people talking about your show? By watering down everything and appealing to the lowest common denominator and/or by appealing to shock value.

I still keep the netflix subscription, but mostly because of the kids. But as soon as I find some time to set up my *arr system again, I will definitely cancel it.

They lost 700k subscribers, but they still have 125 million. They may have lost some customers, but they are making more than $100M per month with that price hike.

Yeap, there is a whole video from nerdstalgic talking about how that scene could have saved the finale.

Meh, the more I see of any of his stuff the more he seems like the type of one-trick pony who can’t even fathom to do anything really different. It’s 100% about the image and the money.