I get why this was a slightly easier decision for Netflix, but they just renewed The Four Seasons for a third season. However, Boroughs has been in the Top 10 since its debut, has racked up 117 million viewing hours, and over 18 million completed viewings (people who watched the whole series). The Four Seasons, on the other hand, while also landing in the top 10, is down from last season, with only 18 million viewing hours so far, and only 4.4 million completed views. Granted, it is a shorter series, so if we assumed the Four Seasons would have the same exact viewership with the same runtime as The Boroughs, that is still only 36 million viewing hours.Approximately 15% of viewers for The Boroughs have completed the series, while The Four Seasons has a higher completion ratio at 24%. Another show still seeking renewal, Man On Fire, has 194 million viewing hours, and 35 million completed views, while releasing prior to The Boroughs and The Four Seasons. That gives Man On Fire the most viewing hours, and the highest completion ratio at 37%. So, who the hell knows what Netflix is really looking for.
TV Shows Watched: The Boroughs: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Your Friends And Neighbors: S1E4 (Apple) with audio description, High Potential: S2E18 (Disney Plus) with audio description,Bait: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Euphoria: S2E6 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description, Elzabeth: S3E15 (Paramount) with audio description
The Boroughs- The scene where Sam’s daughter gets on the same page was pretty cool. But it was a little goofy for everyone to know the lyrics in full to that Bruce Springsteen song. It’s a little optimistic to think everyone listens to The Boss. It was a bit of an overreach, but a fun one. Lovely audio description.
Your Friends And Neighbors- I get that Jon Hamm is the lead, so he has the most complex and structured plot, but I’d love to see some strong writing for the ladies here. They feel like they are on the cusp with his sister, Allie (Lena Hall) who is discovering her sanity again, but Sam (Olivia Munn) is starting to just turn into an object, and Mel (Amanda Peet) is pretty aimless. Even of Hamm’s kids, his daughter is best described as rebellious and angsty with little depth, while his son is leaving one relationship to date the new girl and daughter to James Marsden’s bad guy, further entangling things. Mad Men managed to have women in the 60’s with interesting life choices, so why are these women struggling to match the plots of the men? Marsden’s Ash is a lot of fun though.
High Potential- Season finale, and I don’t get any new episodes until 2027, thanks to ABC’s decision to hold High Potential Season 3 for midseason. But, the season ended in tragedy. This show is also narrated by She-Ra, and while I don’t love all the audio description for High Potential, VerbIt managed to hit the major emotional points.
Bait- A fun little episode where Riz Ahmed’s character carries around the head that talks to him like Patrick Stewart, and has a dream sequence where he can see himself playing Bond. A quirky show that needed to lean in on the Bond thing a lot more.
Euphoria- I had started to try and catch up on this a while back and this was as far as I made it. This has a tremendous cast when you really see it, kids that are all now big stars on the rise. Zendaya, Jacob Elordie, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schaffer, Barbie Ferrera, Maude Apatow, and some others. It’s a weird show, but allows its cast to have big emotional moments, and mood swings, so they can all chew the scenery. Point 360 did the description, written by Connor DeWolf, and narrated by Dave Wallace. It’s fine, weird to hear Dave trying to stay muted to match the emotional flux of the show, but solid description.
Last Week Tonight- John Oliver highlights the troubling candidates in the UK’s upcoming election, and if you thought racism was unique to America, it isn’t.
Elzabeth- The show tries to flesh out the ensemble more, and Elzabeth figures out this murder which seems impossible for her to land, once again. It is escapism to see her do so well all the time, but sometimes an episode isn’t written quite well enough to allow her to come to the conclusion naturally, and this episode wastes a lot of time on supporting characters who never matter to the plot, like Julia. Media Access does the AD.
