Netflix's Season 2 Cancellation Club is getting pretty large.Via WiredUK
being axed after just two seasons. What followed was the now-traditional furious fan campaign to save the series from an early death.movie finale, which was commissioned following an aggressive campaign from fans, most attempts to bring a Netflix Original back from cancellation often fail. The company’s decision to cancel a show is often final—just ask #SaveTheOA.
More money is on the line for Netflix as well. Like other streaming services, it differs from traditional television networks in that it commissions an entire season of a show at once, rather than just a pilot episode. Netflix also employs a cost-plus model, which means that it pays a show’s entire production costs, plus a 30 percent premium.
Netflix tries to make itself more appealing to TV show producers by giving them bonuses and pay bumps as a series carries on. Harrington says that shows on Netflix are more expensive after season two, and even more expensive after season three, with the premiums going up each season. “They have to give [a show] more money per series, and if they decide to recommission it, it becomes more expensive for them to make,” he says.
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