hfolk
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Post by hfolk on Nov 17, 2023 14:26:14 GMT -5
not surprised, the show was basically written into a corner with Miss Benny having trans surgery
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Post by justinate on Nov 18, 2023 9:46:21 GMT -5
Not really, that was addressed in the finale and set up Miss Benny to portray Marco as a trans woman in a prospective season 2. It's worth reading Miss Benny's article about her transition and how she worked with the showrunners to portray Marco's journey to the same stage: time.com/6290125/miss-benny-glamorous-transgender/I'm fairly certain it came down to the numbers: the viewership in the previous post, against whatever it cost to produce the show. Sweet Magnolias, which was behind Lockwood & Co. by nearly 2 million viewers and 3.6M behind Shadow & Bone, got a renewal - presumably because the digital effects for the latter shows bumped up their production costs beyond their share of revenue from viewership. ( Lockwood, in particular, got a raw deal, IMO.) I suspect we should prepare for Heartstopper S3 being the final season - in fact, if it hadn't gotten a double-renewal after S1, I'm not sure it would even have a S3. Actually as a whole, the poor standing of shows with a significant LGBTQ+ presence is worrying. Almost all of them are to be found towards the bottom of the list, with the sole exception of XO, Kitty. What perplexes me is the cancellation of Sex/Life. Was it really so expensive to produce that a renewal wasn't feasible despite its sizable viewership?
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Post by merboy on Nov 18, 2023 12:03:53 GMT -5
To be honest, the show was weak and the characters... well. Did anyone root for any of them? I never expected S2.
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hfolk
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Post by hfolk on Nov 18, 2023 13:29:25 GMT -5
Don't even bother with Netflix shows they are likely cancelled after one season no matter how great they are
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Post by jjose712 on Nov 18, 2023 14:30:08 GMT -5
Not really, that was addressed in the finale and set up Miss Benny to portray Marco as a trans woman in a prospective season 2. It's worth reading Miss Benny's article about her transition and how she worked with the showrunners to portray Marco's journey to the same stage: time.com/6290125/miss-benny-glamorous-transgender/I'm fairly certain it came down to the numbers: the viewership in the previous post, against whatever it cost to produce the show. Sweet Magnolias, which was behind Lockwood & Co. by nearly 2 million viewers and 3.6M behind Shadow & Bone, got a renewal - presumably because the digital effects for the latter shows bumped up their production costs beyond their share of revenue from viewership. ( Lockwood, in particular, got a raw deal, IMO.) I suspect we should prepare for Heartstopper S3 being the final season - in fact, if it hadn't gotten a double-renewal after S1, I'm not sure it would even have a S3. Actually as a whole, the poor standing of shows with a significant LGBTQ+ presence is worrying. Almost all of them are to be found towards the bottom of the list, with the sole exception of XO, Kitty. What perplexes me is the cancellation of Sex/Life. Was it really so expensive to produce that a renewal wasn't feasible despite its sizable viewership? Heartstopper has one of the highest rate of people watching the show till the end. The number of hours will be never be big because it's barely half an hour per episode but Heartstopper was pretty high on the list of a lot of countries when it was released. And of course it doesn't seem an expensive show. That and the loyal fanbase are enough to carry to three seasons (high school shows always have an expiration date after three or four seasons. LGBT shows always have a more limited appeal than other ones. People complain about Netflix but we would never get that kind of shows on a mainstream tv station. Even a show like Sex education would be too much
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Post by overtherainbow on Nov 19, 2023 8:37:58 GMT -5
Don't even bother with Netflix shows they are likely cancelled after one season no matter how great they are What's funny is that if I like a show, you can bet your ass it will get cancelled. ALL the shows I like always get cancelled... Half Bad, Alma etc. Meanwhile the shows I don't like: Welcome to Eden, Holy Family, Heartstopper (yes, really, I cannot stand this show) get renewed. It's hilarious really. I think the universe hates me. Or I just have really different taste compared to everyone else. Oh well....
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