Re: [NEWS] RTD has no idea if Billie Piper is the next Doctor

On 2025-07-08 17:23:42 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Your Name wrote:

On 2025-07-07 10:43:10 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

 I'd like the show to go on forever, too. Maybe it could
end up like Saturday Night Live or The Simpsons, somehow
renewed even when it stinks and nobody's watching, somehow
recovering when some new people rotate in. I can dream,
anyway.

 I suppose every TV show has a natural life span... maybe
forever is a bit too optimistic.

 TV will be around for a long time,

 TV itself might... but no TV show has a god-given right to go
on forever.

Tell that to the makers of "The Simpsons".  ;-)

The shows that last for decades are obviously the most popular
but even then there's the law of diminishing returns. Eventually
a show reaches the end of its natural shelf life, after that
you're basically just flogging a dead horse.

Tell that to the makers of "The Simpsons".  ;-)
"Flogging a dead horse" is pretty much how the American TV industry works, hence the 1500th season of "The Simpsons", and the 99th spin-offs of "NCIS" and "Law & Order".

I'm not saying "Doctor Who" has reached that point. I'm just
making the observation that maybe with everything that's going
on in the competitive world of the entertainment industry, some
television shows get as far they can but can get no further. So
we can't expect our favourite show to 'always' be around or
outlive us.

The problem is that these days the morons in charge then try to bring the shows back, which is almost never successful, whether it's an idiotic "reboot", "remake, or a sequel / prequel series.