Netflix canceling THE BOROUGHS after less than a month is exactly why people are afraid to invest in streaming shows.
And no, this was not “the Duffer Brothers’ new show.”
Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews created it, wrote it, and ran it. The Duffers produced it, but their names are being plastered across every cancellation headline because STRANGER THINGS gets clicks.
THE BOROUGHS was built around Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman, and Clarke Peters. Older actors playing older characters for an audience that probably does not binge eight episodes the second Netflix drops them.
That kind of show needs time.
Instead, Netflix gave it a few weeks, looked at the spreadsheet, and pulled the plug before a large part of its target audience probably knew it existed.
Maybe the Duffer name did not help after the STRANGER THINGS finale. Maybe Netflix expected their brand to carry the whole thing while barely marketing who actually made it.
Either way, Addiss and Matthews planned three seasons and got less than a month to prove the first one deserved to continue.
How is any show supposed to find an audience when Netflix kills it before word of mouth can even start?
i’ve watched this movie twice and i got so many chills both times. you people are boring and let your judgement not only delude you but stop you from having fun which is why everyone is so miserable and bitter.