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lightsongtheold t1_iu0i2f7 wrote

Bit of a strange pick-up by Netflix but at least we finally have a Peacock original getting a third season even if it had to move to a new platform to achieve it!

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Zorkel567 t1_iu0iyjc wrote

Yeah, it's like Peacock is allergic to going more than two seasons themselves.

A.P. Bio cancelled after two seasons on NBC- picked up for 2 more seasons on Peacock before being cancelled; Saved by the Bell and Rutherford Falls both cancelled after two seasons; Girls5Eva cancelled after two seasons, though saved by Netflix.

I unfortunately expect Killing It to suffer a similar fate.

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WildMajesticUnicorn t1_iu0j9wl wrote

And two short seasons at that. Peacock really thinks 16-20 episodes is a good run for a series.

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Radulno t1_iu1iwds wrote

I don't think they think that, it's just that their originals are just failing all the time because no one watches Peacock. So they probably give them 2 seasons as a baseline and since they didn't bring people after that, they cancel.

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Pool_Shark t1_iu11d7x wrote

I finally got peacock because of the cheap deal they had and wow. Girls5Eva had a really strong 1st season and AP Bio turned into a really enjoyable off the wall comedy with enough heart that could have been huge for them.

Peacocks problem is not these shows. It’s that they are not properly promoting their crappy service. No one watches them because the people who get peacock are wwe or soccer fans.

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muad_dibs t1_iu5s6b7 wrote

It’s slowly evolving into a Bravo reality show streaming service.

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Pool_Shark t1_iu5wvbv wrote

Yeah and considering the margins wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what it ultimately ends up as. It’s sad but we likely won’t see another great classic 20 episode season sitcom ever again. Not impossible but not very likely

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Prax150 t1_iu0p3s0 wrote

It's so weird, it's like the people who were running the network in the late 00s/early 10s have come back to tank the streaming service. Like I know they're hemorrhaging money but how do they expect to add subscribers if they can't guarantee any show will survive, no matter how good it is?

It's especially frustrating because of how good they clearly are at developing really funny sitcoms, something that's really been lacking in hollywood the last few years. So many half hour shows are leaning towards the darker side like Barry, Atlanta, even Ted Lasso and few outlets are making actual sitcoms with really funny people. So you have all this talent gobbled up by Peacock only to be squandered. I guess Netflix has a good relationship with Tina Fey so it worked out for this but Saved by the Bell, AP Bio, those shows are never coming back.

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moffattron9000 t1_iu138y7 wrote

It’s like how NBC had The Office, Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, and Community all on the same night. Admittedly, the audience for those shows were increasingly not the NBC audience, but they should’ve been able to get more out of that.

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Radulno t1_iu1jega wrote

> few outlets are making actual sitcoms with really funny people

I don't understand why not too. Like it's been widely reported than some of the biggest streaming "evergreen hits" are sitcoms like Friends, The Office, Community, The Big Bang Theory, How I met your Mother, Arrested Development, Malcolm, Parks and Rec and such. People just like to rewatch those, it's comfort TV and streaming is perfect for it.

You would think they'd try to make new ones.

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filthysize t1_iu18kzd wrote

>Bit of a strange pick-up by Netflix

Is it? I feel like these NBC-style comedies do super well and get constantly rewatched on Netflix.

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lightsongtheold t1_iu1y39h wrote

Yeah…but those shows had built in audiences who loved watching them from their glory days on broadcast. Girls5Eva was a show nobody watched on Peacock (a service practically nobody subscribes to!) so it is a very different proposition. Netflix will have to sell this show like it is a brand new show. They can do it as they did just as much with You and Cobra Kai.

I’ll definitely be interested to see if Girls5Eva can breakout on Netflix. I’d not bet on it as new sitcoms generally bomb on Netflix. Very rarely you get a Cobra Kai or Emily in Paris that becomes a big hit. The list of misses is very large.

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Bronco4bay t1_iu2nb17 wrote

The list of misses for ALL sitcoms is very large.

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lightsongtheold t1_iu2nkvf wrote

Comedy in general. Only HBO&HBO Max and the Hulu/FX teams seem to be having any consistent success with comedy. Everybody else either has an ultra high cancellation rate or barely ordered them anymore.

Remember when Showtime used to do comedy? Now they have one show and it has not even been renewed yet!

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throwawaythrow0000 t1_iu3z0uk wrote

> but those shows had built in audiences

A lot of people watched Friends, The Office, and Community for the first time ever when they were on Netflix. Even the cast members of those shows remarked on that and how the shows became very big (after the fact for the latter two).

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WordsAreSomething t1_iu0l3jz wrote

Since they also get to stream the first two seasons I think it makes sense for them. They get a live action comedy that people already seem to like and they can put it right in front of an audience they know will like it.

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Radulno t1_iu1js9j wrote

Oh yeah it makes perfect sense, let's hope they treat it better than their other sitcoms (Great News being canceled was so sad). It's kind of weird how they had plenty of drama hits (or even comedy drama but not much in terms of pure sitcom comedies (they have some comedies hit like Cobra Kai, Never Have I Ever or Sex Education but they're quite different from the "classic sitcom").

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darkeyes13 t1_iu1h1u7 wrote

Not that strange when you consider that Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ultimately found its home on Netflix. Clearly they've got a good working relationship with Fey/Carlock going there.

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