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But that would be a lie.
Instead, what many internet execs are feeling this fall is … depressed.
Nobody is happy, one suit with decades of experience in the web connection trenches told me this week.
His diagnosis of whats behind this malaise is pretty simple: Nobody cares about broadcast TV.
We push shows and viewers to them and they do nothing for us, the online grid suit says.
But the older kids end up changing the diapers a lot.
The average viewer still cares about connection shows, one insider argues.
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(FoxsFantasy Islandreboot could have been so much better with some lead time.)
Its a savvy way of promptingSEAL Teamscore viewers to check out Paramount+ if they hadnt already.
The NBC-Peacock assimilation remains a bit more baffling to me.
Similarly, lettingManifestslip away to Netflix feels like a completely missed opportunity, both for Peacock and NBC.
Whether the giant companies that own the networks are as optimistic is an entirely different question.
Thats nonsense, of course, and the streamer is now pushing back on the notion.
I really want to emphasize that there is no mandate toward down the middle, he says.
Were trying to guide people toward the best version of the story theyre trying to tell.
If its meant to be edgy, it should be edgy.
To save a show in this way, it has to have that fan viewing, Bajaria says.
you could read Hibberds deep divehere.
