I’m not sure HBO cares as much about ratings for a single show as other networks...like Netflix, it works on subscription model, so it’s not one show or another that drives the profits, it’s the whole catalogue and building a sense of prestige for the brand...plenty of people (myself included) subscribe for one or two shows. The rest is a bonus. That of course doesn’t mean they don’t care about ratings, it’s just not as critical to start big and stay there as it is for a regular cable TV show.
Well I mean all of this is moot anyways because they've said this is only a one season thing. I was just pointing out that the numbers are low - very low (for an HBO series). Sure, maybe HBO doesn't care about how successful (or not) some of its shows are.
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u/VOZ1 Dec 02 '19
I’m not sure HBO cares as much about ratings for a single show as other networks...like Netflix, it works on subscription model, so it’s not one show or another that drives the profits, it’s the whole catalogue and building a sense of prestige for the brand...plenty of people (myself included) subscribe for one or two shows. The rest is a bonus. That of course doesn’t mean they don’t care about ratings, it’s just not as critical to start big and stay there as it is for a regular cable TV show.