People grind Netflix shows to avoid being canceled

Season 2 of A Shadow and Bone still features actors Jessie Mei Li and Danielle Galligan hovering over Archie Renaux and grabbing his hands.

At this point, Netflix has become the Google of streaming services – its pervasiveness in modern culture has turned streamer into a colloquial verb. As a noun, however, it still refers to a particular company whose listings are being haunted by a sizable, increasingly conspicuous graveyard of canceled projects. Streamers’ tendency to cancel shows early has now brought us to a new frontier in the streaming era: loyal fans banding together and watching episodes over and over to boost a show’s numbers, hoping to keep their beloved series alive.

Following the show’s second season release in mid-March, people on the R/Shadow and Bone subreddit, hosted nightly Netflix series watch parties with over 24,000 members to increase their numbers so hopefully it will be renewed for a third season. Rolling Stone reports. shadow and bonewhich premiered in 2021 is a fantasy drama based on Leigh Bardugo’s novels Grishaverse Books that tell the story of Alina Starkov, an orphan with magical powers who is tasked with preventing the end of the universe. Understandably, Grishaverse fans want to prevent Netflix from ending the series early in season two. like usual.

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The basic campaign of the #Grishaverse fans is to be retained shadow and bone lively

Accordingly Rolling StoneAccording to the report, fans used a watch party website called telepathy to host evening TV parties Shadow and Bone Season 2She sometimes watches the same episodes five times a week to maintain the series’ second spot on Netflix’s list of most-watched TV shows. At least some of the motivation for this grind came from a tweet from “Netflix insider” Michael Scully (who is currently demonstrating with his colleagues). Writer’s Guild of America strike) In it, he explained that the future of the series depends on how many views the second season has received It’s the first 28 days on Netflix.

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A shadow and bone Spectator named Holly told Rolling Stone that she re-watched the series at least 60 times to boost Netflix streaming numbers.

“I’ve never been in a fandom of ongoing shows. I always joined things after they were done. But this time it’s new for me and scary as Netflix in particular is very keen to cancel things before they really have a chance to shine,” Holly said Rolling Stone. “But the writers and showrunners and everyone wants that as much as we do. And that really makes you feel more connected to the show. As if they wouldn’t give it up, neither should we.”

While the lush fantasy retained its second place March 13th To 26th of March, shadow and bone Is is no longer one of the top series on Netflix.

Fandoms strong together

During the fan campaign for Netflix sense8, The canceled LGBTQ sci-fi thriller series and the Wachowskis’ all-around great show led to the streamer releasing one Film that completed its storylines (albeit rushed and unsatisfying), other Netflix shows haven’t been so lucky. There have been promising sci-fi series on Netflix in the recent past first kill, warrior nunAnd Inside job were all canceled in their second season, though each show garnered a die-hard fan base.

It’s still too early to tell if shadow and bone The efforts of the fandom will bear fruit and the series will get a third season. It’s heartwarming to see fan bases liking other Netflix shows Lockwood & Co. are committed to increasing the show’s online visibility Sharing hashtags like #SOCspinoff and #SixOfCrowsSpinoff in solidarity with the cause of Grishaverse fandom. These hearty Netflix fandoms aren’t crabs in a barrel.