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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNetflix Cancelled Its Way Into Power. Now It HAS Warner Bros Too
"Hollywood is not overreacting. It is sounding the alarm because Netflix has a terrible pattern that stretches from creative abandonment to corporate carelessness. The company that just swallowed Warner cannot be trusted to protect legacy studios.
It cannot be trusted with workers.
It cannot be trusted with storytellers.
It cannot be trusted with the fans who made it powerful in the first place."
https://pragmaticissues.com/2025/12/06/netflix-cancelled-its-way-into-power-now-it-has-warner-bros-too/
Boo1
(110 posts)I think theyve given us some of the best and most original work available right now
Stranger Things
Squid Game
Bridgestone
The Crown
Orange is the New Black
Wednesday
Etc
Even shows that they are complaining about were given decent runs
Mindhunter got 2 seasons
Santa Clarita Diet got 3
And complaining about the password sharing policy? Do they just expect that one account should work for multiple households?
Polybius
(21,315 posts)And the Baby Reindeer series was flawless.
intheflow
(29,934 posts)are both fantastic. When Netflix gets it right, its beautiful.
fujiyamasan
(1,061 posts)The spider verse animated movies were great too.
Boo1
(110 posts)I've really liked a lot of their anime.
Castlevania and Devil May Cry were good. Resident Evil was good too and I'm not sure why they included it in the article..
The Witcher is one I forgot to put in my original post.
Polybius
(21,315 posts)Best show on TV.
WheelWalker
(9,374 posts)hunter
(40,293 posts)The movie and television industry has always been like this.
An internet search of "shows that were canceled too soon" will confirm this.
mzmolly
(52,559 posts)I'd prefer the series be cancelled when the story ends, than have Netflix make up 'stuff' because ratings are good.
fujiyamasan
(1,061 posts)newdeal2
(4,617 posts)Netflix is a hell of a lot better than Ellison or Bezos or Musk.
Also HBO cancels shows all the time. And didnt WB cause issues in the industry a few years ago when they released new movies online instead of just in theaters? Nobody is perfect.
themaguffin
(4,884 posts)It could very well play out that way, but they don't have them (yet).
milestogo
(22,346 posts)Kid Berwyn
(22,556 posts)Not all offense to Bari Weiss.
LostOne4Ever
(9,730 posts)All corporate mergers are ultimately bad but the less bad choice is Netflix.
Wanderlust988
(712 posts)Xolodno
(7,276 posts)Sometimes they would hit it out of the park....most of the time, not so much, so they cancel it as it was not getting the numbers they wanted. Disney+ does this quite frequently. They did this in response to most studios taking content off their platform and creating their own streaming service.
They needed to purchase a studio catalog and have familiar IP's that they could create content for. Otherwise, they would go the way their old competitor Blockbuster did.