Took Them Long Enough, Huh?

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Here is another example of what I was talking about in a recent blog post TV Isn't What It Used to Be. According to IGN, the first season came out 3.5 years ago. That is a long time to wait for a second season.

I will watch it because the first season was good. But if I miss it, I won't really care. By this point, I would have to rewatch Season 1 just to remember what happened before starting Season 2.

You're telling me it took them 3.5 years to make a second season, and it will probably only have 10 episodes? Even though they already knew the first season had done so well?

If this is the new trend, television execs need to be fired. Hire unknown actors and make series faster. If the series does well, the actors will become known.

This line in the article stood out to me:

Disney has scaled back its live-action Star Wars show production over the past couple of years, following a splurge on limited series such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Book of Boba Fett, both of which landed to mixed reviews. Neither Skeleton Crew nor The Acolyte made much of an impression either, with no second season planned for either series.

Skeleton Crew had potential and could have opened up a side story for Star Wars. The Acolyte, though, did deserve to be killed off, in my opinion, unless it was willing to go back to Jedi canon or fix its story.

We need better from the entertainment industry and the news industry as a whole. YouTube is doing well because it has fresh, exciting, varied content that interests people. Old TV is doing well because people can count on what they grew up with.

Rant over and out!