{"id":156729,"date":"2023-05-01T01:08:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T01:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=156729"},"modified":"2023-05-02T01:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T01:08:41","slug":"unprecedented-tv-show-cancellations-impact-viewing-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/film-and-tv\/unprecedented-tv-show-cancellations-impact-viewing-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Unprecedented TV Show Cancellations Impact Viewing Habits"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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The year 2023 has proven to be a harsh one for television series, with a mounting number of cancellations on streaming services such as HBO Max, Netflix, and Hulu, as well as cable-TV channels like Showtime and AMC.<\/span><\/p>\n Some networks have gone as far as removing existing content from their platforms to benefit from tax incentives.<\/span><\/p>\n As countless shows face the chopping block this year, fans are left in limbo, questioning if their beloved series survived the onslaught.<\/span><\/p>\n The range of canceled shows spans various genres, including drama, comedy, and action-adventure. Notable cancellations include “61st Street” (AMC), a series that delves into institutional racism and corruption within the Chicago legal system, “1899” (Netflix), a mysterious show set aboard a ship en route from England to New York in 1899, and “American Gigolo” (Showtime), a series inspired by Paul Schrader’s 1980 movie of the same title.<\/span><\/p>\n Other fan-favorites that were cut include “Avenue 5” (HBO), “Big Shot” (Disney+), “Blood & Treasure” (CBS, Paramount+), and “Dead End: Paranormal Park” (Netflix). This year has also witnessed the termination of long-established series such as “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS) and “Judge Mathis”.<\/span><\/p>\n As TV series face frequent cancellations, U.S. audiences are altering their approach to selecting shows to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n According to a YouGov poll, one in four U.S. adults now waits for a streaming original to conclude before watching it, with 27% expressing concerns over potential cancellations with unresolved endings and 24% wanting to avoid waiting for the next season following a cliffhanger.<\/span><\/p>\n Furthermore, 48% of respondents who prefer waiting until the series finale before watching it mentioned a fondness for binge-watching.<\/span><\/p>\n The year 2023 has proven to be a harsh one for television series, with a mounting number of cancellations on streaming services such as HBO Max, Netflix, and Hulu, as well as cable-TV channels like Showtime and AMC.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n The YouGov poll also revealed that almost half of the American population (46%) occasionally or always waits for a series to reach its conclusion before starting to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n This tendency is more pronounced among the 18-to-34-year-old demographic, with 25% claiming they always wait and 34% admitting they sometimes wait.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, 31% of U.S. adults utilizing streaming services to view original series estimated that between one and three shows they had started since February 2022 had been canceled, leaving plotlines hanging.<\/span><\/p>\n In the U.S., women (50%) are more likely than men (46%) to wait for a show to reach its finale, as they prefer to watch all seasons in one go.<\/span><\/p>\n The significant number of cancellations in 2023 has profoundly impacted the television sector and the manner in which audiences engage with content.<\/span><\/p>\n As an increasing number of viewers become hesitant to start new shows before they have ended, networks and streaming platforms might have to reconsider their production and promotion strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n In the current atmosphere of instability, the future of television is uncertain as viewers adopt new methods to deal with the ever-evolving landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":156730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-and-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Terminated Series: Noteworthy Mentions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Emergence of Alternative Viewing Patterns<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Ramifications for Viewers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The Indeterminate Future of Television<\/strong><\/h2>\n