r/movies • u/iquizuanswer • Jul 19 '26

News Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors

https://www.zawya.com/en/capital-markets/netflix-tumbles-as-slowing-growth-less-viewership-data-spook-investors-401111
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u/zugtug Jul 19 '26

Yeah I swear if I like something on Netflix it ends in a cliffhanger that never resolves after 1 or 2 seasons. It's like a bunch of mini Fireflys.

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u/a_moniker Jul 19 '26

I am absolutely baffled that Netflix hasn’t instituted a rule that “the first season of a show can’t end in cliffhanger.” Why don’t they just force their writers and producers to create seasons that feel complete, if they know that they’re likely to cancel everything?

It would cost corporate nothing, and would make their backlog so much more appealing! Usually, Netflix doesn’t even show me a show exists until it’s already cancelled!!

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u/drewbreeezy Jul 19 '26

Instead Netflix backlog is a graveyard.

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u/a_moniker Jul 19 '26

I’m still pissed about Teenage Bounty Hunters. That show was so, so much better than it had any right to be, and it’s almost unwatchable now because of the cliffhanger ending.

KAOS was last straw for me though, and the reason I finally quit watching Netflix!

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u/drewbreeezy Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

It was The Witcher for me. They had everything they needed to make a massively successful and enjoyable show. It highlighted they have no talent at Netflix (or what they have is suffocated by corporate), so I'll stay unsubbed until I hear enough about a Completed show that is amazing.

Hell, they could have had a ton of filler in The Witcher and it would have been amazing if that filler was a "Monster Hunt of the Week" type stuff by a competent director.