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Why does Netflix cancel so many shows?

There are much, much bigger problems in the world, but I was still sad a few weeks ago when Netflix cancelled a TV show I liked. In recent years Netflix’s reputation in Hollywood has somehow swung between “cash-machine handing out cheques for pretty much anything” to “ruthless algorithm that cancels shows at whim”. The most recent victim was The Babysitters Club, a TV series based on some 1990s books about pre-teen girls navigating their adolescence in suburban Connecticut. Read More...

There are much, much bigger problems in the world, but I was still sad a few weeks ago when Netflix cancelled a TV show I liked. In recent years Netflix’s reputation in Hollywood has somehow swung between “cash-machine handing out cheques for pretty much anything” to “ruthless algorithm that cancels shows at whim”. The most recent victim was The Babysitters Club, a TV series based on some 1990s books about pre-teen girls navigating their adolescence in suburban Connecticut.

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