• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    Almost Human. I dont remember a ton of details about the show, but I remember that it had nearly movie quality production value, incredible for a TV show, and I was really bummed when it was cancelled. But like all the other Fox sci-fi shows before it, Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Doll House, etc. before it, Fox doesnt know how to keep popular sci fi shows alive for more than a couple seasons. Not since the X-Files. The exception is The Orville, I guess, with its 3 seasons, but that show hasn’t had a dependable production since the very start.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Fox doesnt know how to keep popular sci fi shows alive for more than a couple seasons.

      This is a deliberate strategy, not an error on the business end. Younger actors/directors making shorter production runs in an untested medium are cheaper to employ than serial successes. Friends is a great example of this. Early on, the cast was earning in the high five figures for their work. By season seven, they were getting a million dollars an episode each.

      Rather than make one enduring long-run sitcom, you produce a dozen different short-run knock-offs. The uncertainty gives your production company leverage and keeps actors from demanding increased salaries season to season. And with the idea of “syndication” dead in the age of streaming, you never end up paying out a ton in residuals for a show (like Firefly) that has a cult following but a weak initial contract.

    • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Fringe got 5 seasons and ended well while being a Fox product.

      Literally the only one I can think of. I did love that show.

  • sicarius@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    Counterpart. I’ve just started watching it and realised it got cancelled after one season. Hope it finishes without a bunch of unanswered questions and plot lines.

    • MalReynolds@piefed.socialEnglish
      25·
      7 days ago

      Sure, but stay with me here, how about keeping the writers room on for long enough to finish the story as text, it’s gotta be pretty cheap good will. I for one would be grudgingly accepting of that as an alternate until the streaming late stage capitalism shitshow realizes that while the quarterly might go up, killing shows willy nilly also kills networks long term. But, wish in one hand, spit in the other and see which fills up first. Sigh, Almost Human was gold.

  • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    12·
    7 days ago

    The OA will forever be one of the most tragic for me, because they apparently had a 5 season run completely planned out. I still think the first 2 are worth watching, or at the very least just the first one still works incredibly well standalone, but I would have loved to see what they had in mind.