Vox’s resident media prognosticator, Todd VanDerWerff, picked up on something in the CW’s recent renewal announcement: renewing low-rated Crazy Ex-Girlfriend may represent a new way of evaluating –and valuing– TV shows in today’s media landscape.
All three of my longtime readers will recall how I am avidly interested in the future of TV. For those of us non-full-time filmmakers, knowing all the viable paths to sustainably scratching our creative itch is of intense interest and constant examination.
I’m intrigued that not only does a show’s ratings weigh less heavily in the equation, but that it appears a show’s popularity among critics appears to have risen AND that a show’s “binge worthiness” on platforms such as Netflix is now a significant factor.