Is the binge-watching trend destroying television?
It has been nearly four years since Netflix put “House of Cards” and “Orange Is The New Black” into development. Now, after three seasons, fans are arguing that Netflix/binge-watching is ruining television.
Critics are arguing that people like shows like ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’ would not survive outside of Netflix.
If the third seasons of “House” or “Orange” were on a weekly network schedule, we predict each would have had a highly rated premiere followed by a rapid decline, as so many viewers have found both shows to be off their game.
But, it begs the question are terrible shows better because you can watch every episode all at once? According to Rotten Tomatoes, the basically the series.
‘House of Cards’ debuted with stellar ratings but, critics hated last season.
Season three introduces intriguing new political and personal elements to Frank Underwood’s character, even if it feels like more of the same for some.
NYPost explains why:
Netflix subscribers see “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” or “Bloodline” on different timetables, so you can’t talk about individual episodes without alienating those who are not on your calendar. Getting ahead of the story only works to a show’s benefit when the series is compelling — when the pace is sluggish or the story lines are just not working, there’s no reason to eat the whole cake when one slice is more than enough.
However, will bring a new era of television. Producers will have to increase the action and excitement in order to stay alive in this industry. More and more people are cutting their cable contracts and signing up for like streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.
In fact, some young adults may never even pay for cable TV in their lifetimes.
The number of cord-cutters, which Experian considers people with high-speed Internet who’ve either never subscribed to or stopped subscribing to cable or satellite, has risen from 5.1 million homes to 7.6 million homes, or 44 percent, in just three years.
In 2013, 6.5 percent of households in the U.S. had cut the cord, Experian found, up from 4.5 percent in 2010.
Either jump on the bandwagon or see the future of television fly by. Or, cable will end up like Blockbuster.
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