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Old 01-15-2014, 12:02 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Yamer View Post
Only heard about this show in the past week and was very excited for it. Not disappointed at all after the first episode.

Sadly, I can see this show being cancelled by the end of season 2. Drawn out development, noir feel...I can imagine a lot of casual audiences losing interest quickly after realizing the big stars won't be involved in a lot of shoot-outs and explosions.
That's not how HBO works. They gave The Wire 5 season even though the ratings were pitiful, and a purely character driven series in Treme got 4 seasons

Because HBO doesn't use advertising as a source of revenue, they don't care about ratings numbers for any of their series. They're more concerned with how well a show can pull in new subscribers, which something like True Detective can do with 2 big lead stars and a lot of hype around it
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