Pretty obvious why. They want to strike while the iron is hot.
Netflix has nearly the complete attention of preteen and teenage girls between Wednesday and Kpop Demon Hunters. They’re not about to let somebody else take it, because that’s a valuable market. I’m just wondering where all the KPDH merch is at, I need my Rumi plush, and as a guy pushing 50, I don’t care who knows it. My 8-year-old niece loves Mira, but I bet I get more Rumi merch than she gets Mira merch. I will fight that battle. (She also loves Wednesday. And SPYxFAMILY (mostly Anya).)
Wait, Wednesday and Kpop Demon Hunters were targeted to preteen and teenage girls??
Three-year gaps between seasons risk losing cultural relevance in an entertainment landscape where new shows launch weekly.
Imagine if something like Lost or GoT had season gaps from the beginning. It already was a risk during the downtime between the yearly seasons, to lose viewers. And before that we had 20-24 episodes per season.
It all coincides with the strikes, so I wonder if this is a way for the execs to “strike back”, so to speak.
If so, it’s pretty shortsighted.
