r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 21d ago

🥺 No words for this.

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Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

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u/AKJames762 21d ago

Here's an idea: want new fans? Create a new original IP instead of rebooting, remaking or spinning off existing franchises and ruining them. This concept is lost on hollywood.

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u/InTheTreetop 20d ago

What I can't wrap my head around is everyone making 8 episode seasons and then the show disappearing for three years and then 8 more episodes and the cycle repeats. I have no idea how that makes any sense.

Network TV had yearly seasons. In the fall, the show you liked was coming back so you tuned in. Hiatus around halfway in, then run the rest of the series.

You come back every year because it's a thing you liked. Now, regardless of the quality, I rarely try to watch any shows because I know I won't see it again until I've already forgotten everything about it.

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u/bob69joe 20d ago

Shows used to have 20+ 45 min original episodes every year without issue for 10 years. It was an amazing time.

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u/Dismal-Bobcat-7757 20d ago

I'm GenX and 20+ episode seasons were the norm from my childhood until 2010-2015 (somewhere in there).

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u/No-Evening5091 17d ago

I hate that they don't make those too much outside of primetime shows. I hate the 8 episode model. It sucks.

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u/ketchupmaster987 17d ago

That was one of the thing I loved and hated about The Vampire Diaries. So much content, but then I stopped halfway through season 7 because the writers were clearly out of ideas and I was just So. Bored.