Even in these models...viewership still counts I guess.  I watched it and thought it was funny.

 

I think we are seeing people want escapism again from real life.  Or they want something more melancholy than what one a day at a time offered.  Shows balancing the escapism and real life like odaat suffer.

 

Still..I'd rather the show go out in top notch quality over continuing with their quality diminishing..like the original version did...and other Netflix shows.

I'm also more than a little annoyed that they knew this could be the last season and did so little with Penelope's character. She was treading water and only toward the very end of the season did she get more of a chance to shine. Such a waste of Justina Machado's talent.

I think (like a lot of platforms) Netflix is caught between making quality television (and I think they do make some of that, in addition to making some schlock) and having to learn how to function like a real business in what is still a fairly new landscape, which they pioneered. That leads to a lot of schizophrenic and often backwards behavior, claiming to want one thing while doing another and trying to suddenly make hard-nosed decisions like a major network while claiming they're not like the networks. Well, they are and they aren't and they need to figure that out.

She ushered us in and i stared at the pictures on her walls: winning a Tony Award, her with her family, a drawing of her as Anita in West Side Story #SAVEODAAT

— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) March 14, 2019

I could barely breathe. When I was young I obsessed over Rita. I had her pictures on my wall as PROOF that I too could be on tv, in the the movies. #SAVEODAAT

— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) March 14, 2019

she was so generous on set too, and funny as [!@#$%^&*]. I’ll never forget how kind she was and how special I felt that day. #SAVEODAAT

— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) March 14, 2019

dear @netflix your show with “not enough viewers” just beat out the new Avengers trailer for trending worldwide. are you SURE there’s not enough support, because it seems pretty clear to me #SaveODAAT pic.twitter.com/fSjszupl55

— alley (@funbutnottoofun) March 14, 2019

I haven’t watched that yet, but thanks for the warning, @DRW50.

Netflix's social strategy is "it's me, your friend, Netflix," so let me fix this tweet -

"look, we had to pay Sony for this show, which meant it was more expensive. We'll probably try to make another show like this, but we'll own it next time so it can be cheaper" https://t.co/WGjXmPxhFv

— Kathryn VanArendonk (@kvanaren) March 14, 2019

Look, a business is a business, and if Netflix couldn't make (enough) money on ODAAT, of course they can cancel it. But when you have a seemingly endless supply of programming $, you don't get to tweet something like this about a show you could have kept around as a loss leader. https://t.co/0w7mtM2Ajd

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) March 14, 2019

I wish @Netflix would say what's basically true: "We love appearing progressive by supporting marginalized groups with programming but we don't own ODAAT and it's going into a fourth season and it will be cheaper to make a new show instead and hope you forget about this one."

— Myles McNutt (@Memles) March 14, 2019

i’m not crying, you are. #SaveODAAT pic.twitter.com/xnazAO0Id6

— ailen. save odaat (@artsykiyoko) March 14, 2019

More in the vein of what I said above:

 

 

A SUPER weird thing about Netflix’s “we are your friends!” social brand means numbers-based corporate decisions inevitably become personal betrayals for their follower/friends/CLIENTS. Feels like the corporate “we’re a family!” schtick when no this is exchange of $$ & service. https://t.co/SI9V5vT0AB

— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) March 14, 2019

Basically, Netflix is writing sentimental do-gooder checks with its mouthpiece that its Hollywood colonizing tech disruptor data withholding opaque corporate ass can’t cash.

— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) March 14, 2019

#OneDayAtATime creators, cast, Justina Machado & others react to Netflix cancellation – “A universal story of family & love” https://t.co/hyCAbKOM29 pic.twitter.com/2MxV7h5FnY

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 14, 2019

I’m so grateful to have played Penelope Alvarez. I don’t even know how to begin to express my gratitude to everyone. Truly, I am so honored that we got to tell our stories .Yes it was a Latinx family but it was a universal story about family and love. An American Familia ❤️

— Justina Machado (@JustinaMachado) March 14, 2019

One Day at a Time had what television used pray for: great quality, great reviews, passionate fan base. Like Star Trek. Like Deadwood. What I learned a while back is that there is always a closing night. Sometimes it comes too soon.

— Stephen Tobolowsky (@Tobolowsky) March 14, 2019

This is where the REAL test occurs. Where your resilience is tested. Luckily, you’ve had years of hustle. Years of fighting. So, you got this. Be Heartbroken. Feel that. Send your love emails. Call the people you are so grateful to have worked with. Cry. Go for a walk.

— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) March 14, 2019

So, yeah, that was more a self-pep talk. But I wanted to share it with you. Luckily, I believe in miracles. So, maybe we’ll find a home somewhere else. I hope we do cause @mikeroyce & I have a lot more for these wonderful characters to do.

— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) March 14, 2019

But we go on. We sit in the gratitude of getting to do the thing. And we keep going so that we can hopefully do it again & again. This is the gig. Heartbreak is part of it. But believe in miracles. I do. Good luck!

— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) March 14, 2019

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Sadly One Day at a Time will not be moving on to a 4th season. I don’t like using the word cancelled because being a part of this show has restored my faith in so many things about this country and humanity and I’m so happy and relieved that everyone on this show will be out there in this business making some important changes happen and paving some ways for the underrepresented. This is the most important job I’ve ever had and will forever be grateful for the brilliant friends I made and will forever be proud to be an Alvarez. #odaat #lastcurtaincall #thealvarezs #netflix #victoralvarez #grateful #normanlear #gracias

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I, along with LEGIONS of fans of #OneDayAtATime, are DEVASTATED by @WeAreNetflix cancelation of this BRILLIANT series. It’s been so empowering and fulfilling to see this multi-generational #latinx, #LGBTQ affirming family. The cast, crew and creators should be so PROUD! THANK YOU https://t.co/Wk7I6z0ZRC

— Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) March 14, 2019

SaveODAAT is the #1 World Wide Trend on twitter

Lin-Manuel Miranda is tweeting to NBC to pick up One Day at a Time, so yes, we’ve reached the “Broadcast network, please save this beloved show that Netflix cancelled” stage of the story of TV.

— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) March 14, 2019

I am heartbroken. The Latinx community NEEDS this show, and irregardless of that ITS A GREAT, FUNNY, & HEART FELT SHOW WITH FANTASTIC PERFORMACES! SOMEONE SAVE IT! And yeah, I meant the irregardless #SaveODAAT https://t.co/HWoNSBv4dD

— Melissa Fumero (@melissafumero) March 14, 2019

2 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Oh they're getting hammered on twitter for their tweet about the cancellation. 

 

I guess they can justify spending $1 million to keep Friends, but can't keep ODAAT, which I doubt costs that much to make

Wasn't it 100 million?

I'm so sad. What a great show. I have doubts it gets picked up anywhere but I really hope it does.

 

Netflix can soooo afford to do this show. Lawd. They're terrible.

Edited March 14, 20196 yr by KMan101

4 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

I'm so sad. What a great show. I have doubts it gets picked up anywhere but I really hope it does.

 

Netflix can soooo afford to do this show. Lawd. They're terrible.

I agree with so many of the tweets Vee cited. Netflix can't continue pretending they are everyone's best buddy and then make decisions like this.  The way they are burning through cash there is no way this was more than a drop in the bucket to them anyway.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/investing/netflix-cash-burn-stock/index.html

This is part of what I wanted to mention when I cited a gripe with Netflix's new business model (in the Awards Show thread). They have now become so committed to drawing in the big-time film directors and the big budget projects that they are leaving behind the independent and indie-adjacent fare that used to be their stock and trade, including a lot of shows by minority creatives.  It's a shame, really.

 

It's no coincidence that they've canceled so many shows with minority majority cast (e.g.The Get Down, Sense8, Everything Sucks).  I've never seen 13 Reasons Why or Insatiable but I take it that they've been renewed and people are objecting to it?

 

Something seems fishy about this.

Edited March 14, 20196 yr by DramatistDreamer

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Something seems fishy about this.

 

Sure does.  And if you know about the history of the FOX, WB and UPN networks, for example, then you know that b.s. moves like cancelling ODAAT are nothing new.

 

It's the same old story: use us (meaning, the "urban" audiences) to build your brand, then toss our asses out with the trash while you go chasing after white America.

 

I hate to say it, but maybe Mo'Nique had a point about boycotting Netflix.

Edited March 14, 20196 yr by Khan

Well look who I ran into...@TheRitaMoreno #SaveODAAT pic.twitter.com/vGGMPburPM

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) March 14, 2019

Thank you for the outpouring of love. #saveodaat

To the beloved cast, crew, and fans of @OneDayAtATime: pic.twitter.com/qboxcQPMq1

— Norman Lear (@TheNormanLear) March 14, 2019

I get the issues with The Get Down and Sense8 - both were runaway productions and at least one (The Get Down) went massively overbudget and became a BTS nightmare before any of it aired. But with Sense8 they at least bowed to pressure and did a wrapup movie. ODAAT has to cost a fraction of both of those and it can't get another season?

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I am grieving for the terrible loss of my beloved character, Lydia, on @odaatnetflix. A glorious confection/creation put together by @gloriakellett and @mikeroyce thanks to the brilliance of @thenormanlear and his extraordinary partner, @thebrent_miller who thought of it all in the first place. I’m not entirely sure how I’ll manage without the ability to exercise that manic, theatrical side of me that’s been loitering on the edges of my life for years looking for a home. I am so sad at the loss of mi familia and, of course, “esneider”. Adiós Lydia, Adiós Lupita, Adiós Alex and Elena, Adiós Dr. Berkowitz Rita Diva Retired for now... @justinamachado @itsmarcelruiz @isabella.gomez #stephentobolowsky @toddgrinnell

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