On the other hand that was back when we just expected half of those episodes would be "filler" that wasn't very good that we'd never watch again It becomes embarrassing having to see them all there on the DVDhttps://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1366582293289050112 …
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I remember when I was into House (sigh) Hugh Laurie went on this rant about how a career as a film actor and as a UK TV actor did not prepare him *at all* for US TV Said it was the most grueling schedule he'd ever experienced
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He went off about how all the shit people talk about low-quality American TV wasn't because the typical American actor or director or writer is any less talented -- in fact, he argues they probably have to be more competent on a baseline level just to survive the industry
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But they have to churn out SO MUCH CONTENT that it's just impossible to keep the quality level up A standard hour-long drama like Law and Order has a typical order of, like, 20 episodes per season? TWENTY HOURS of finished footage? (Cut it down to 18 for commercial breaks)
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Meanwhile there's streamers now doing hours of content every single day. Turns out one person with a camera playing video games can fill that niche just as effectively if they have an engaging enough personality.
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That's a fairly niche kind of programming and it is nowhere near professional enough even for basic cable; even if there was a huge market for it, live, unscripted shows aren't appealing to the networks.
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And yet there are a fair number of top streamers who have millions of subscribers. The audience is definitely there, it just didn't work with the TV format, where the competition for timeslots is fierce and the executives don't understand gaming at all.
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I'd argue the nearest parallel in old media is talk radio.
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And there's a strong argument that YouTube got filled with right-wing cranks for the same reason talk radio did -- it's intrinsic to the format You have to constantly keep on talking to fill dead air and you have to keep people interested so they don't turn the dial to music
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And the time-honored way to *keep people paying attention to you* when you're just some guy talking is to go on a really offensive rant -- preferably a racist and sexist one It's monetizing the attention-maximizing model pioneered by "that guy at the bar"
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