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"We Didn't Know It Was The End": Jonathan Frakes On Directing Star Trek Discovery Series Finale (screenrant.com)
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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

From what I understand in television writing it was a constant struggle of "should we write a cliffhanger hoping it gets us renewed" to "we should have some closure in case we get cancelled", since many writers had no idea what would happen.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Has ending on a cliff-hanger ever worked to get a show renewed?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Depends on how you look at it.

    I don't think we know of a case where it convinced a studio executive, but then again we know very little about the reasons why some shows get renewed and some don't.

    We do know cases where ending on a cliffhanger helped drumm up enough fan engagement to reverse a cancellation (timeless on nbc is a recent(ish) example for that)

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