There are no good scripted shows that go beyond the first season nowadays. They all seem to struggle in their sophomore season, cost money, and people lose interest. Maybe there's a large market for mediocre shows given that the audience is, in general, dumber, but I don't see how to monetize that on a limited customer base paying $15/month. The past revenue model of cable bundled a bunch of channels together that carried advertisements.
The new Max shows fail to be good beyond their freshman season. The old serials like the Sopranos are a thing of the past. It's kind of like movies nowadays - the best years are behind us. Everyone can see it. Many are remarking on it. That reminds me that I need to cancel my HBO Max subscription.
There's top line and there's bottom line. The street demands cuts to keep the bottom line where it is. As you said, they were going to double their losses by spending $100 million on marketing while heading into a recession. This is how every other industry works. Welcome to reality.
Yep. It's very expensive and corporate America is more about getting costs down rather than delivering value to the customer.
Your response indicates you know this to be true. Look around your house and evaluate how your job contributes directly to the infrastructure that keeps you fed, sheltered, watered, the power on and sh1t pumped. Those are the types of jobs that aren't going away. Anything else is - as they've been saying the past two years - nonessential.