THis doesn’t really make sense until you realize that it’s all to sell advertising. They’re not in the business of making anything funny or entertaining, that’s a rarity, like The Honeymooners or even Rosanne’s show.
It’s about selling advertising. Nothing more or nothing else.
IOWs Do you:
a. Launch a show with the idea of luring in advertising?
b. Launch a show with the idea of making it quality entertaining first, and if it sells second?
They can’t sell advertising without eyeballs. If nobody watches, the ad rates plummet. And so does revenue. Unless someone is willing to underwrite the loss.
Hmmmmm.....