I also really have to wonder if some of the higher-ups in Paramount management are now regretting buying out the Netflix deal they had for Discovery. So all the streamers are now switching strategy, and they're going to be spending less money per episode, and probably producing less individual series. So yeah, depending on how successful streaming is in ending that paradigm the new paradigm will be every show needs to make money during its first run on streaming. Where they made money was in the syndication deals for daily repeats after they went off the air. ![]() Plus, if in the end streaming does completely kill cable, there's no rerun outlet for any of these shows they just sit on the streaming service decides they're not even worth the royalty payments to keep them up on the streaming service.Īs a contrast remember that in the days of broadcast and cable TV, most Network TV series Lost money during their network run. ![]() Yes they have a large cash flow going, but they're spending more money on the content then they're taking in from the subscriptions. Going forward all the streamers are going to be producing less content a year, and doing it more cheaply then they have been because to date no streamer has shown a profit as yet. It's just a fact that the Golden Age of streaming is over. ![]() Why was it moved to 2024 now? Because Paramount+ decided to cancel the show while it is still somewhat popular, and they want to leverage that popularity for the next year as it goes on a "farewell tour" over the next year. Even at Star Trek day 2022, everyone was saying we were going to see Discovery season 5 in 2023. Click to expand.Problem is, that's what happened here.
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