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(Sources told Deadline, which first reported the cancellation, the same thing.)
Fans ofGLOWarent going to suddenly grow disinterested in something because its return is delayed six or nine months.
Whatever fondness Netflix execs have for the show probably just couldnt overcome a simple cost-benefit analysis.
It revivedArrested Developmentlong after Fox canceled the show and then even paid for a remix of season fours episodes.
Netflix probably isnt totally out of the business of scripted shows that stretch on for five or more seasons.
(Thats what reruns ofSeinfeldorGreys Anatomyare for.)
(Whether they stick around or like the show is another matter.)
NBCneedsDick Wolf and Lorne Michaels to be happy.
Well see what happens with her next show,Social Distance, which debuts next week.)
But remember: Making fewer seasons of shows also means Netflix can make more shows overall.
If Netflixs strategy results in less filler, it may not be such a bad thing.
Theres evidence the streamer is trying to do just that.
(Audiences like complete stories, he told me.)
It needs to make tough calls.
