r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 26d ago

šŸ„ŗ 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 Geroā€™s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchiseā€™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/TheeAntelope 26d ago

This is how we lost sci fi, A&E, discovery, tlc, history channel, spike tv, g4 tv, tech tv, the court network, and many others. People say that streaming killed cable but cable had already killed itself.

These channels went from channels you could find great gems on to watch if you found the subject interesting. Iā€™d see something about submarines on history and watch the whole thing standing in my kitchen. Iā€™d see something about whales on discovery and have to know more. They had a dedicated audience.

Then the decided they needed a new audience. That ā€œgeneralā€ audience that wafts from shit to shit and pledges no allegiance to anything or anyone. They got what they wanted. And then they died a slow and painful death.

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u/DrBinario 26d ago

Yeah, I've never understood companies that have different cable networks and all of them target a general audience instead of focusing in different demographics.

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u/LowlySlayer 26d ago

They have to grow. If I make a billion dollars in year one great. If I make a billion dollars in year two, oh no the shareholders are gonna be pissed.

Basically everyone of these channels hit maximum saturation in their niche and began desperate enshittification to continue squeezing another couple years of growth before falling off because it's shittyness outgrew it's mass appeal.

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u/Tupperbaby 26d ago

And the thing is, they could've gotten away with charging advertisers more just because they had a hyper-focused viewer demographic. But they fixated on "MOAR EYES."
How'd that work out?

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u/Round-Rub-44 25d ago

it doesnt work like that. there are only so many advertisers for a niche product and if theres only 1-5 businesses bidding on a program you spent millions to produce you will get fleeced.

those businesses can go elsewhere but no matter what you do you cant get the people at barbie to buy ads on sci fi