Netflix seems to be on a series-killing spree of popular original series – the streaming giant has canceled more than 15 shows already this year.
Some fan favorites include 1899, Young Wallander and Inside Job, which amassed millions of hours viewed but failed to meet a metric needed to survive for another season.
The streaming giant relies on third parties to deliver completion rates, the percentage of viewers who complete the entire show.
This completion rate must be 50 percent or above for Netflix to move forward with another season, or it will disappear without an official ending.
Netflix’s 1899 clocked in a whopping 87.9 million hours viewed but had a low 32 percent, and Inside Job and Young Wallander suffered a drop in the second season, leading to their demise.
The streaming giant relies on third parties to deliver completion rates, the percentage of viewers who complete the entire show. This completion rate must be 50 percent or above for Netflix to move forward with another season, or it will disappear without an official ending
Netflix’s 1899 clocked in a whopping 87.9 million hours viewed but had a low 32 percent
Unlike traditional television shows, Netflix has the ability to take a much more detailed look at their users’ viewing behavior.
The platform collects how many hours people are watching, which is available to the public, and recently added a weekly Top 10 list of the most popular shows and movies.
But there is a saying that sums up its completion rates: ‘Here today, gone tomorrow.’
Many of the shows on the 2023 canceled list had a substantial online presence, but a small group of fans can inflate this.
The drama thriller series 1899 went straight into the Top 10 list shortly after its release on November 17.
The completion rate for Inside Job’s first season was 91 percent, with more than 21 million hours viewed. But the completion rate dipped to 58 percent in the second season
The popular crime series Young Wallander was also canceled after two seasons
The eight-episode series focused on the events surrounding the passengers on a migrant steamship forging west with optimism at the turn of the century when they cross paths with the Prometheus, another ship at sea, significantly changing the tone of the trip.
The show captivated viewers with its science fiction, mystery, suspense and psychological drama elements, with some saying it resembled the hit TV series Lost.
And even though it had 80 million hours viewed in just four days after its release, people seemed to lose interest and did not finish watching.
On January 3, creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar canceled the show in a joint statement on Instagram.
‘With a heavy heart, we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed,’ they said. ‘We would have loved to finish this incredible journey with a 2nd and 3rd season as we did with Dark. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way you planned.
‘That’s life. We know this will disappoint millions of fans out there. But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts that you were a part of this wonderful adventure. We love you. Never forget.’
Inside Job and Young Wallander had similar fates but were at least renewed for a second season.
The completion rate for Inside Job’s first season was 91 percent, with more than 21 million hours viewed.
But the completion rate dipped to 58 percent in the second season.
Even though that was above the 50 percent mark, Netflix determined that the animated series was too expensive to produce and that animation has been historically seen as less valuable than live-action productions.
The popular crime series Young Wallander was also canceled after two seasons.
The series, which debuted in 2020, was based on the origin story of Henning Manskell’s inspector Kurt Wallander, played by Adam Palsson.
The plot centers on a watchful detective who digs into the hate crime swirling civil unrest in Sweden.
Sources said the performance was not enough to keep it floating.
And Netflix’s top 10 global data recorded its second season as an epic failure.
This post first appeared on Dailymail.co.uk
