Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers in Netflix's "Stranger Things 3." Netflix won't release viewership numbers, but it's clear its strategy is prioritizing quantity over quality For fans, it's a continuous cycle of heartbreak either way. Still, from the outside it looks as if Netflix is canceling beloved shows for financial reasons while simultaneously shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars for new TV shows that may get only one season. The way Netflix accounts for these six-figure deals is complicated, and the average viewer likely isn't sitting down to do research on the company's finances. Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris are also in the six-figure-Netflix-deal club. And Benioff and Weiss reportedly closed a $200 million deal last year the news of that contract came two days after "The OA" was canceled. In 2018, the "Hollywood" creator Ryan Murphy landed a reported $300 million contract with Netflix. It doesn't help that Netflix continues to give multimillion-dollar deals to creators - salt in the wound for many fans. The show was eventually rescued by Pop TV. The cancellation of "One Day at a Time" caused an uproar.
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