[quote]I don't really get the Netflix concept. Why do they always wait so long to renew shows? If a show had a very successful first season, they could easily renew it for more seasons right away so viewers don't have to wait 2 years for more.
R204, Sometimes they do renew shows right away. Sometimes they wait a while. Sometimes they renew them two seasons at a time. Sometimes they let the creator take their time. It varies.
Sex Education aired in January and was renewed in February of this year but they haven't even begun to shoot S2 yet.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina started in October of 2018, was renewed in December of 2018, then aired the second part of the first season in April in 2019. So technically it was renewed while it was still "airing" S1.
[quote]They should finish the first season and if it was a success, continue shooting right away and only take small hiatuses.
Sometimes they do! They're very into doing "split seasons" right now where they'll shoot 12 episodes of a show or 16 episodes of a show but they'll air the first 6 or 8 as one "season" and then the next 6 or 8 as a second "season" although technically it's still just one season.
But really that depends on the kind of show and creative team. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is Greg Berlanti's baby and the people he has on his team are capable of churning out shows like nobody's business. Grace and Frankie is also an easy show to make.
The End of the F***ing World on the other hand (which Netflix co-produces) went on Netflix in January of 2018 (but it originally aired on Channel 4 in 2017) and was renewed in August of 2018 but they haven't even begun production on Season 2 yet. However, it's a bit more of an involved process since the show both airs on British TV and then on Netflix.
But this is David Fincher's project and he takes his sweet time.
[quote]Every time a new season comes out 2 years after the last, I have to start all over again with season 1 bc I have totally forgotten about the show.
This will always be the problem of streaming even if they released shows a year at a time. 1. Because people binge, you aren't forced to watch "weekly" so you get through a season pretty quickly. 2. Because they don't do 24 episode seasons of shows, which I'm happy about, you zip through 6, 8, 10 episodes of a show pretty darn quickly so even shows that come out yearly seem like they were out eons ago.
[quote]And with the new Disney, Apple and NBC streaming services starting next year, they need a lot more original content.
These other streaming services will have the same problem unless they only post one episode a week of shows like Hulu does.
