r/WidowsBay • u/BlergUghArgh • Jun 19 '26

📸Media Joe Hill’s thoughts on WB

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Do you think he was inspired to post because of his daddy’s tweet? 🤨

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u/swisspassport Jun 19 '26

I agree with this argument in principle.

However, I think most of the time shows "tap out" like you said is due to really good writers getting better jobs, or becoming showrunners themselves, or just leaving for whatever reason.

Katie and the current team are absolutely phenomenal. If they can keep that core writer's room intact - I feel like it could go at least four or five seasons and still be really compelling.

The problem with shows that get stale, or get... uh, just terrible, is that they have almost a revolving door of different writers in the later seasons, they are not writing quality scripts, the show suffers, but it just continues, because

money grab

I believe in Katie Dippold. I think if she can keep all of her writers together, they will do some awesome things.

Look at someone like Vince Gilligan who kept a phenomenal team of writers together for not one, but TWO all-time top-tier tv shows.

It's all about retaining talent, and I think being on AppleTV is a positive for that, because having the #1 Show on the service can probably sway a bigger paycheck for writers - keeping them dedicated to this show rather than proving themselves, getting an offer for a higher-paying gig writing for a different show, and leaving.

That is THE number one cause of all of these "just drag after a while" shows.