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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
As i said at the writers strike, the ones that will feel the pinch first will be the streaming companies. If there is no new content, people wont pay their subs. It's simple economics. There is probably about a 3 month lag before it seriously bites, but it will bite hard
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They'll start buying up rights to stream popular legacy shows that have finished; for example, I noticed that for some reason "Gossip Girl" is sitting at #7 streamed shows on Netflix this week. I assume they recently got the rights to that, can't think of any other reason it would suddenly have surged in popularity.
Basically shows that were popular maybe 10 years back with a young adult audience... still relevant enough to find a new YA audience in 2023 but old enough that there's a whole generation that it's "new" for. Sort of like how my sister-in-law (27) and my daughter (14) both grew up watching shows like iCarly, VicTorious, Wizards of Waverly Place etc.
One generation saw them on SKY, a whole new generation discovered them on Netflix/Disney+.