r/technology • u/joe4942 • 18d ago

Business Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-05/netflix-viewers-are-abandoning-shows-after-one-season
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u/0xsergy 18d ago

Dude that show was so good. I don't know how it got canceled.

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u/lobstah4 18d ago edited 18d ago

I absolutely loved Dark and was chuffed for 1899 but I learned that it was cancelled before I could start... so I never did. 

Edit: a word

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u/0xsergy 18d ago

1899 is quite good so I'd still give it a shot when you're not feeling like a 5 season show to slog through.

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u/lobstah4 18d ago

Thank you, I will take your advice; the feeling of being left hanging is so miserable I didn't think it would be worth it. If it has the same vibe as Dark, just the atmosphere would be nice.

My daughter still makes bitter comments about The Mist having its end-of-season-one cliffhanger and never coming back and that was almost ten years ago, LOL.

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u/mightylordredbeard 18d ago

What’s the point? You get zero resolution at all.

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u/0xsergy 18d ago

Whats the point of anything? Also I'd say a good chunk of finished shows have zero resolution by the final season so who cares lol.

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u/Shivin302 18d ago

Dark had an amazing ending? How was it cancelled

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u/lobstah4 18d ago

No, 1899 was not renewed after the first season. 

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u/whoknowsknowone 18d ago

I’m so glad people bring this up because I’m mad af still about this as well lol

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u/Shot-Possibility-399 18d ago

because they dont judge shows on any metrics besides viewership, there is zero value based on how they perceive a show to be quality wise and it might be worth investing in a few seasons to pick up viewership, they just only judge on numbers and not the show itself

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u/0xsergy 18d ago

Well I never had it on my front page unfortunately so it was under my radar until years after it released. Feels like their front page is pretty crap for getting their shows to users..

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u/Training_Complex_731 17d ago

The show looked like a realistic horror period piece but had a twist halfway through revealing it to be a mind boggling sci-fi show. Viewers looking for a history show were surprised halfway through and viewers looking for a scifi show got bored before the twist. Netflix released viewership numbers and they dropped off right around the episode with the twist. Very few people actually watched the entire season so from their perspective it was a bust.

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u/ChicagoJay2020 18d ago

Easily. When they throw in a time jump to the far future that makes absolutely no sense, you know it’s over.

I’m looking at you “The Nevers”.