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there was a reason Netflix paid $100m to keep Friends for one extra year before it got siloed on HBO Max. their biggest performers were always legacy

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Nov 29 '22, 15:26

shows like The Office, Seinfeld, and Friends. breathless weekly PR releases about "billion hours viewed" notwithstanding, i doubt any of their originals really compare

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Yup the original gets you to sign up since those are what get the marketing push, the legacy stuff gets you to stay once you are already there -- nm - con_carne Nov 29, 16:14

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there was a reason Netflix paid $100m to keep Friends for one extra year before it got siloed on HBO Max. their biggest performers were always legacy

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