I'm constantly surprised at how shitty recommendation engines still are. Like you have so much data about me and the best you can do is suggest shit based on what I searched for recently?

Yeah, shuffle button that picks an episode of Seinfeld to watch is a good idea.

Shuffle button that picks if I want to watch through Wednesday or not is a bad idea

> Cara Delevingne still can't act and Orlando Bloom and her still have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

Only seen the first season yet, but I thought she is way better in this than anything else i have seen from her(well the rest was terrible, so not a high bar). And I really liked them together in the flashback episode (i think it was episode 3?). This episode was also the highlight for me. Kinda meh before and medicore/okay after that.

> So how come NBC is the only one promoting their shows still ?

I think some of this might be what you're looking at. Surprisingly, even after 16 years, The King of Queens still has an active Twitter account.

Beyond that, it helps that two of the series you mention are extremely popular, with the last one being especially popular in this circle. You can look at some other NBC series, such as Good Girls having zero promotion after the series, to even popular series like The Good Place being reduced to a marketing engine for other NBC/Universal proprieties.

I'll wait till all the episodes are out before starting it. I hate that Amazon is releasing some shows weekly now.

It’s got a massive advantage on word of mouth considering it’s already based on one of the best selling and widely acclaimed PlayStation games of all time, while GoT was based on a decently popular book series and BB is an original IP. It would be much more apt to compare it to House of the Dragon which holds HBO records despite the incredibly sour taste GoT left in people’s mouths, and despite being an original spin off story and not a se/prequel. Breaking Bad couldn’t even do that for the incredible product that was Better Call Saul. It’s an amazing feat that TLoU is so popular and it’s probably gotten the closest out of all the shows that debuted in this late stage era of streaming platforms but you’re either severely underestimating GoT’s cultural cache or severely overestimating TLoU’s if you think it beats it out.

The topic doesnt warrant the time investment.

I never used the app

I have a feeling he overvalued it so only the Saudis are realistically interested. They’d want to keep him on, too. Saudis would think $9b is a bargain.

Pluto does this really well and for free

Yes please

I'm surprised Netflix hasn't started an AVOD service like Pluto TV, the surprise me button seems like a poor way to find a new show to start.

People don’t want random without some control. Especially when it’s only pushing what Netflix wants viewed. Things I know people want, because it used to be my job to know :

1. A “channel” experience that is genre based but already running, like having a “Cheers station” that always plays Cheers, or “romance” that has something running, and everyone streams the same episode at the same time

2. The ability to schedule their own tv night, ie “one episode of 90s Show, one episode of Family Guy, then whatever Lockwood & Co episode is next”

3. A random episode button

4. Recommendations based on what was just watched, not an algorithm based on our likes

5. Co-watching, where people can match their feeds and even send notes (like emojis)

6. Themed watch guides, like “Monica and Chandler’s relationship” and then it plays key episodes for that storyline; going across shows is also desired (The Madeline Hahn Guest Appearance Extravaganza, etc)

7. Stand-up specials broken out and remixed together into 5-10 minute blocks with the ability to jump to the full special

8. A “trailer channel” that lets people jump straight into to the full film/show

9. Not for me, but “Celeb watch lists” that are recommendations, like “Stephen King’s Halloween Haunt” (some channels do this poorly, because they’re promoting a show the person is in, not thinking about who an “expert” making choices would be)

10. A way to browse better than ribbons, using additive filters (JustWatch’s top movie wall always tests fantastic); basically you say “show me thrillers, and comedies” and it ranks the best/popular thrillers and comedies into a scrollable wall that blends them all together

I quietly dropped Netflix today.

No chance… no chance in hell.

I always thought it would be cool if Netflix created “channels” you could tune into. Like “action movies” “reality tv” “adult cartoons” etc and it was basically like cable. Where content was just always on.

A lot of people I know that grew up with cable say they miss channel surfing and just tuning into what’s on. I feel like this was Netflix’s half-assed attempt to recreate that.

It's sweat opera.

Way too early to say

It's like saying Patrick Mahomes could overtake Tom Brady after last week's Super Bowl

Not saying McMahon will get it but a ~30% premium is about right for buyouts.

Are you serious dude😐 cnn plays default on TVs in public at WAY higher margin ur a clown

I'm afraid to push that button. I don't want to accidentaly cancel a tv show

Yea, it was a cool idea but all it did was force Netflix originals on me

[deleted]

Turns out people don’t want a 98% chance of viewing trash.

I quietly dropped Netflix too.