![]() ![]() Netflix is real quick to cancel shit like it’s the shows fault they’re not getting the numbers they want but in reality they need to be doing some serious self reflecting cause it’s their fault, not the shows. I’m sick of getting sucked into shows, really liking them and then seeing, usually after some type of cliffhanger ending, that they won’t be continued. What do you make of this story? Let us know in the comments below or on our Facebook or Instagram pages! And if you enjoy listening to film podcasts, why not check out our podcasts, Small Screen Stories and Small Screen Film Club wherever you get your podcasts! What do you make of this feature? Did you watch October Faction Season 1 and were you sad to hear that Netflix wasn’t going to make a Season 2? Let us know your thoughts in the comment below. It’s understandable to want to keep costs low, but people need to hear about these shows if they are going to do well. I don’t think they even had one, and I do worry for the future of many of the shows they are making because Netflix seems to put zero budget in promoting their shows, which is just crazy. ![]() I believe October Faction Season 1 wasn’t brilliant, but it could have ended up being great and doing well if Netflix had just developed a better marketing strategy for the show. That show was released weekly, and it ended up doing a lot better than the first season which was dropped at once. ![]() The Boys Season 2 on Amazon Prime Video did an incredible number, for example. I also wonder whether they should stop releasing their shows all at once. I really believe that Netflix needs to start looking at their marketing strategy. They make all these shows that no one hears about, and they then just drop them all at once. I really do believe that Netflix has a marketing issue. They were all properly marketed by the networks. The fault was really with Netflix, There have been plenty of shows made like October Faction over the years that ended up getting multiple seasons and doing quite well. However, the fault isn’t with the show, even though it wasn’t great. However, October Faction got no fanfare from Netflix, and was subsequently cancelled after it didn’t get the numbers needed to make a second season. They did well promoting The Umbrella Academy, and they did an OK job with Locke & Key. So, this push hasn’t been a huge success, and the main reason it didn’t really work was because Netflix hasn’t been all that good at promoting these new shows. The rest have all been cancelled after one or two seasons. Does October Faction’s failure prove Netflix has a strategy problem? The ones that got a big enough following to warrant subsequent seasons where Locke & Key, which is going to get at least three seasons, The Umbrella Academy, which is now on its third season and Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina which is ending after Part 4, which has just landed. Netflix spent a lot of money on buying licensing of these properties, and only a handful of them really worked. They were hoping to fill that hole with the shows mentioned about. They’re now gone, and for a long time there was a big comic book TV show shaped hole over at the streaming service. For many people, myself included, those shows were the reason why they subscribed to Netflix in the first place. These shows were supposed to help Netflix make more original content, and they were especially important after their deal with Marvel Studios fell through and they were basically forced to cancel all their big Marvel shows such as The Punisher, Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Netflix also bought the rights to Mark Millar’s comic books, known as Millarworld, and will be making some of those comics into shows in the not-so-distant future. There was Locke & Key, The Umbrella Academy, V Wars, Daybreak, The Blue Exorcist, The End Of The F***Ing World, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina and October Faction. What Netflix did was buy the rights to a bunch of comic book properties in an attempt to make shows that will get them more subscribers. ![]()
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