Noah Smith highlights data showing top Netflix series lose 30% to 70% of viewers by season two

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Writer Jason Crawford blames multi-year production gaps for the audience drop.

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@Noahpinion season 1 is always based to catch the chuds and them season 2 inserts "the message" to own the chuds and everyone sees it and stops watching. It the playbook. The message destroys creativity and good writing

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Jason Crawford@jasoncrawfordTECH

Everyone is saying the obvious reason is that there is a multi-year gap between seasons But why? Why has television production slowed down so much? Why can't we have efficient production schedules anymore? https://twitter.com/Lucas_Shaw/status/2073894186185802110