And by some miracle...

[rogueslayer452]

NBC saves/picks up Brooklyn Nine-Nine for a sixth season! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I'm honestly still reeling from everything that's happened, to be honest. It has been quite a rollarcoaster of emotions during the last 48 hours, from the announcement of FOX cancelling B99 to hearing about all the fan campaigning and overwhelming response about the news, to the possibility of other networks wanting to renew it only to find out that they all passed on the opportunity, therefore our hopes being dashed, and then, lo and behold, NBC being our savior and reviving the B99 for another season. It makes sense, though, considering that all of Mike Schur's other shows are on NBC (Parks and Recreation and The Good Place), so it's the perfect fit tbh. It'll be getting a 13-episode order, and no matter whether it'll be considered the last season or not, I'm just thankful that it got picked up.

Granted, there's been a lot of emotions lately as the announcements of which shows are renewed and which are cancelled, because it is that time of year again and it's never a fun time, and unfortunately Friday was a bloodbath of shows being cancelled left and right.

All of this has brought up the never-ending rants/discussions/debates once again about how antiquated the Nielsen rating system is and how television needs to change the way it perceives the viewership of their audience, especially in terms of adapting to how technology has changed and needing to take into account viewership in other countries (including making streaming easily accessible and available for them that isn't just US-based, which is a huge part of the problem). It's a broken outdated system that traditional media needs to get rid of and find a better, more efficient way of calculating the numbers and views for shows from all platforms worldwide.

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[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

That has got to be one of the fastest turnarounds in recent history, at least.

The problem is that there hasn't been nearly as much movement in the sector to update the rating system, or more specifically, develop/deploy the system that'd enable tracking it on a much better basis. Netflix/Amazon prime get away with it because they got developed much more around it, so I kinda get why they use it (in place, more cost effective than developing a new one, etc), even if it doesn't change streaming is now the new future.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I was worried that once all the other supposed networks passed on renewing it that it was done for, but then NBC swept in and saved the day. Granted, I do think once it was announced that FOX cancelled it that Mike Schur immediately was in contact with NBC for the possibility of picking it up. I feel like if Schur didn't have NBC on his side already it would've been a longer waiting game. Regardless, I'm very happy. :D

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure they're all very well aware of how things have changed and that they need to update everything for the digital age, but the matter of how is quite difficult to manage because everything is evolving rather quickly. IDK.

[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard that Schur had other shows already at NBC, so I suppose it was much easier to pull those strings to get it over there?

I suspect that it's a twofold problem- you have the TV stations themselves trying to pitch it to the advertisers, but afaik you can rewatch something via stream and it'd double count, so that's probably why they're hesitant about shifting to that model for tracking viewership?