Irrelevant to me. The amount of TV shows I enjoyed that got canned after S01 has burnt me so much that I wait until I know if there's a sensible finale at the end or if it ends on a cliffhanger that'll never be resolved before I even dive into a new show.

Firefly *cries*

How did good movies and TV shows get made before the panopticon? How did we get Casa Blanca when there were no Nielsen ratings?

Success rate in that era was very low. There are thousands of movies from that time that no one cares about today.

Casablanca? The only way to really see it then was at a theater. They just bankrolled an A team of filmmakers and actors.

It was real for the actors, som ehad really fled the Nazis (including the ones playing the Nazis).

>Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make.

Social discourse is also heavily weighted

> I torrent too, but I think it makes sense to buy/rent or sub to a service in many cases. Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make. So, especially for ongoing series that I'm enjoying I want them to keep renewing it.

I wonder if any of them track torrent metrics for this reason.

If it's not already on a streaming platform it might help them sell it to Netflix or something. But I think they ultimately are a lot more interested in effect on revenue than popularity among pirates.