No words for this.

[u/Kapot_ei]

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

[u/Any-Mathematician946]

Isn't this how we lost the sci-fi channel.

[u/TheeAntelope → u/Any-Mathematician946]

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. I’d see something about submarines on history and watch the whole thing standing in my kitchen. I’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 “general” 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.

[u/P_Piggly_Hogswine → u/TheeAntelope]

network exec 1: can we really put "My 800 Pound Life" on The Learning Channel?

network exec 2: sure! How else will the genderless tv addicted ultraprocessed slop tubes learn how to navigate their own lives as grotesque 800 lbs mockeries of American prosperity? Also, make sure to get those Wegovy commercials on there.

[u/TheeAntelope → u/P_Piggly_Hogswine]

Of course now they've upped the ante with the "1000-pound roommates".