Show some will power, If no one subscribed to the service, then the producers of this show would have no choice but to broadcast it on a cable TV station. They wouldn't just scrap it. But the producers are well aware that people don't have the will power. They make fools out of you. In a age where people are paying more than ever for cable TV, its a disgrace that this series was not picked up by a TV station
shareIn an age where people are paying more than ever for cable TV, it would be a disgrace for this to be on cable TV. I'm glad I was able to watch it for a reasonable price.
shareThere are sites around where you can watch it for free. Why pay for it?
shareThat shows even less willpower. You're either unwilling to spend the money on it or unable to wait until you have the money.
They don't make TV shows for free. The cast, the writers, etc., aren't doing volunteer work.
Like all the other TV shows on the air, a network picks it up and much money is made off of commercials. If people showed will power, then a network like TNT, FOX, etc would have picked it up. Its not like they were not going to make the series.
shareIf you like the show, just subscribe. They put the first two episodes up for free to see whether or not you like it. You're not helping them or supporting the series by watching illegal feeds.
YouTube knew what they were doing when they paid for this series. Its whole purpose is to sell subscriptions. If everyone had decided to show 'will power' at the start there would have been no season 2. It would have been a commercial failure no matter how much everyone liked it.
When you go to the movies you buy a ticket. You don't go home and illegally stream a movie in the hopes that the sequel will be made for NBC or Lifetime.
Good post.
As a prospective filmmaker, I am terrified at the current culture of, "Pay for it?! Lulz. I'll just grab that shit off Pirate Bay."
A month of YouTube Premium costs $12, and the show is worth more than that. Just pay your $12, watch the show, and then if you want to cancel your subscription then cancel it.
Though you actually don't even have to do that because YouTube offers a free one month trial to YT Premium.
Not sure about everyone else, but this was the first YouTube show I even heard of, let alone watched. So I'm sure YouTube wasn't the producers first choice on where to show it. Most likely every cable channel and Netflix and Hulu turned them down. The show turned out to be a critical and commercial success, so wouldn't they stick with YouTube, having proven that they can draw an audience and people are willing to pay good content.
shareHere's what the show's creators have to say about going with YouTube:
Heald: We knew this was a show that we needed to do without commercials. So we pitched all of the streaming platforms and premium cable networks — and I have to say that YouTube was the most passionate about our pitch, and it was also the very first pitch. Susanne stopped us just short of finishing the presentation and said, “We get it, this is going to be huge, we want you to take everything you just said in this room and go do it.” It was a straight-to-series offer — the kind of dream pitch that just doesn’t happen often.
I think YouTube knew they needed to be aggressive at that moment. This was a project that checked a lot of boxes for them that they knew could be marketed in such a way that it reached a wide audience. And we were excited about taking that journey with them — being the flag in the ground for their platform, so to speak.
Hurwitz: There was an enthusiastic reaction all over town. Our initial target was Netflix — and there was passion there as well, which made the decision tough. But it was really that next level of commitment from YouTube, because we hadn’t written any scripts. Whoever we were pitching had to take us at our word that we had a handle on exactly what the tone would be. Susanne, from moment one, she just got it.
In that room she basically said, “We want this show to be our House Of Cards — to be that series that shows the world what we’re capable of as a platform.” And there was something very exciting for us about being the first big show that gets attention for a platform rather than being one of the many new series that pops up every week.
Schlossberg: It was a commitment on every level — creatively, financially, and in terms of the structure of the deal. At the end of the day, YouTube had the best financial package guaranteed in terms of the budget of each episode.
https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/06/14/cobra-kai-youtube-house-of-cards/
Thank you for writing "in a age" one sentence after calling people "fools".
Better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
TRANSLATION: "I'm cheap/have no money and I really want to watch this! Stop enjoying it so that they put it on TV in a way I can watch it! WAAAAAHHHH!!!!"
shareGood point. I personally watched it for free (if ya know what I mean) I have no intention of supporting a shitty corporation like YouTube, even it's for a great TV show.
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shareI love the show and have no problem paying a month's subscription to YouTube to be able to watch it. The people who work on the show didn't do so for free so I'm happy to pay my share to contribute to something I enjoy.
shareThose people would have gotten paid when a network picked up the series. But go ahead. Be a sheep and pay for the service. I have already found avenues to watch for free like I did with the 1st season.
shareLMAO I like it so I support it, it's pretty simple. If that makes me a sheep in your eyes, well I guess I'll have to live with being name called by a wicked badass like yourself who steals a youtube show because you're too cheap to pony up $10. How will I ever go on knowing you have such a low opinion of me?!
share I don't get smart people. They're so smart, they're hard to get.
Or did you mean "the Get Smart-people", who always talk about their favorite comedy show, 'Get Smart'?
Or did you mean "Get smart, people" (with a COMMA)?
If you want other people to get smart, it would be a good idea to at least be able to type simple english correctly - you know, for credibility.
I hope you get my meaning. Being smart, and all..