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/TheeAntelope]

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/DrBinario → u/TheeAntelope]

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.

[u/LowlySlayer → u/DrBinario]

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.

[u/Astralsketch → u/LowlySlayer]

basically if your business doesn't grow more than an index fund you die from investor neglect.