Netflix has just cancelled Santa Clarita Diet, this article goes some way towards explaining why

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‘Feeling The Churn: Why Netflix Cancels Shows After A Couple Of Seasons & Why They Can’t Move To New Homes”Honestly they’re just shooting themselves in the foot because I was planning on checking Santa Clarita Diet out after season 3 seemed to get really great reviews, and I heard people on my flist were really enjoying it, but hearing that it has

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[tabaqui]

I....really don't get their logic. And if continuing past 3 (short) seasons is too expensive, they should change their business model. Or be up front with the show's producers, etc., that they need to make sure the story arc is told and complete in three seasons (or two), or at least has virtually no loose ends.... I dunno. It's stupid, to me.

I don't feel that Santa Clarita Diet ended on a 'cliffhanger' at all, really - I don't *like* that it ended, but I didn't feel cheated out of answers or anything.

Me, I'd watch it, because it really is fun and funny, and Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant are amazing. I thought the ending wrapped things up pretty well.

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I’m definitely not getting their logic, it seems like they’re happy to spend billions on original content otherwise, but as soon as a show gets too popular in its third season then they suddenly start tightening the purse strings? At least that’s what I’m led to understand anyway https://deadline.com/2019/04/santa-clarita-diet-canceled-netflix-three-seasons-1202602903/comment-page-1/#comments

As I have reported, at least some of Netflix’s cancellations stem from the shows being deemed to have gotten too expensive. That is because of how many of Netflix’s series deals are structured. It is widely known that Netflix employs a “cost-plus” model, offering to pay upfront a show’s production costs plus a premium of 30%+ of the costs. The pacts include bump/bonuses after each season that are getting progressively bigger. While the payments are relatively modest after Season 1 and a little bigger

[tabaqui]

Exactly! Maybe I'm just missing some vital understanding of the business model but...it really seems weird and pointless to me.
And I would definitely be gun-shy if i were a creative person and Netflix was looking to put 'my' show up.... Would i get to finish it? Would it just be an exercise in frustration?

Arrgh.

Plus, my Netflix monthly bill just went up for May, so now i'm pondering if i want to continue like it is, cut back, or cut it out entirely. I dunno.

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Possibly things may be about to change now that everyone is more aware of Netflix’s thinking, I could see some of the bigger names like Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes wanting deals to make sure that they get to finish the storyline they had mapped out? Equally creators may now start coming to Netflix with the understanding that they need to wrap things up with the third season?

But yeah, their logic does seem puzzling when you keep hearing about how many billions Netflix is willing to spend on new content, and yet they apparently decide to tighten the purse strings once a show is a proven hit after three seasons?

[tabaqui]

Yup, exactly. Just so frigging weird. I get that they want to attract new, fresh talent and have cool original stuff, but when you kneecap everything after a season or two (or, effectively, kneecap yourself.....)

Just baffling.