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submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 79 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I wish we could just let entertainment brands die. How many other opportunities were denied to other creators so the Simpsons could keep its budget over the decades.

I don't care about Fox's profits, it doesn't help me in my personal life or make new better shows.

Let stories have endings again.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Classic TV shows never had endings. They were always ridden into the ground before being surprise-cancelled.

It was rare that a show would have an actual last episode like MASH or Cheers. Those too went far longer than they should have.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago

I remember the cast of Friends wanted to stop after season 8 I think.

Then they got offered $1 million per episode along with residuals.

It's not just corporations that want to keep things going. The actors actually "unionized" (so they all got paid the same amount) and agreed that they wouldn't continue the show unless they all wanted to.

How I Met Your Mother got to the point that Jason Segal wanted to leave. The last season was just awful and you could tell that he was phoning it in.

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