# How does streaming vs viewing live or OnDemand or DV impact the networks decision on renewing shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-streaming-vs-viewing-live-or-ondemand-or-dv-impact-the-networks-decision-on-renewing-shows/782038 "2017-03-12T23:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-streaming-vs-viewing-live-or-ondemand-or-dv-impact-the-networks-decision-on-renewing-shows/782038/2 "2017-03-12T23:28:25Z")
Originally posted in the other thread - > [@Legion (show on FX)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legion-show-on-fx/779378/92): > > Of COURSE you do, because using the ratings in the first place is a DUMB system that no longer reflects the true popularity of a show. As we veer off topic, the point isn’t how popular the show is - it’s how does someone get paid to make it. If there was a way to recoup the costs of production and make a decent profit with just a single viewer - the show would be made for that just that one guy. But, the reality for the people who make tv is that too few advertisers are willing to pay for you to binge watch (in fact, unless you’re one of the people paying 3.99 or more per episode, you’re not willing to pay for you to binge watch, so why on earth would an advertiser?) Until we get a change to companies becoming willing to pay for binge watchers or we move to a pay-per-episode, pay-per-season, or pay-per-service model, shows that people will only watch in binges get cancelled because there’s no money to produce the show. In contrast, shows that people will watch every week will tend to continue. Pointing out that binge-watching contributes to shows getting cancelled isn’t a moral judgment or a value judgment, it’s just pointing out the consequence of an action. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-streaming-vs-viewing-live-or-ondemand-or-dv-impact-the-networks-decision-on-renewing-shows/782038)._