Meh. :/

Honestly, the problem with the current era of streaming is how long of a wait people have in between seasons of their shows. It's a far cry from the mid-season and summer hiatuses of network television. The longest I think I had to wait for a show's return was about a year, and that was due to the writer's strike that delayed production. Today however, it seems that shows wait years before production can even happen, which makes the show suffer as a result. While the pandemic and the recent writer's/actors strike didn't help matters, it was already a problem for a lot of streaming shows. I know that initially streaming was to get away from the pressure of the traditional television model, but it has seemed to swing drastically in the opposite direction. Combined with shows having less than ten episodes a season, it just isn't enough to sustain an audience, imho. Without that regularly time schedule and proper momentum, people will lose interest. Even on the fandom side of things, despite fans loving the content they already have that steam will eventually fizzle out. They will still be active, but that enthusiasm just won't be the same. (Although this is merely subjective, since many fandoms have thrived for years long after something has ended.)

I don't know, it's been on my mind lately and with news that one of my shows being further delayed to start production (yet again) with the vague implication that its new season might not even happen at all and it'll silently be cancelled, it really just makes me so exhausted. This is just yet another issue that needs fixing in an already broken industry.