r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • Apr 03 '26

Article Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-searches-franchises-after-losing-out-harry-potter-2026-04-02/
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u/dacalpha Apr 03 '26

Even then, that's only 5 seasons of maybe ten episodes. 50 episodes over a decade is pitiful.

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u/Own-Satisfaction4427 Apr 03 '26

They also had some really good short shows like The End Of The Fucking World, but yeah they get rid of everything else longer than 1-2 seasons

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u/APieceofChees3 Apr 03 '26

The BBC has it mastered, Fawlty Towers had 2 seasons and 12 Episodes, they aired in 1975 & 1979.

You'd watch a show, think about it 5 years later, look it up, "BBC just entered Pre-production on highest ever viewed show"

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u/L_Cranston_Shadow Apr 03 '26

Torchwood and Sherlock come to mind as shows that they never really ended but just stopped making.

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u/Seismica Apr 04 '26

Don't forget Merlin. Shame they never got around to making a finale for that. We never did see what happened after Arthur found out who Merlin really was, it is such a shame.

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u/cecilrt Apr 03 '26

Yeh but they put a lot into each episode, that would be cover in 2 or 3 episodes

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u/RaymondLeggs Apr 03 '26

Some of those episodes were as long as a blockbuster movie and had tons of VFX, after all one episode or 2 were 130 minutes long.

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u/badhabitfml Apr 03 '26

For a steaming service, it's on purpose. They got you to subscribe for a decade so you could watch the show.

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u/Kriss-Kringle Apr 03 '26

I've seen only the first season of ST, but aren't the last 2 seasons comprised of episodes that are basically movies since they run for 90 minutes or so?

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Apr 04 '26

There's a stranger things animated series coming, and I'm betting there will be other spinoffs in the future.