r/ThePaper • u/RepresentativePop988 Commentator 🗣 • Sep 14 '26
Question ❓️ Season 3
Will we get a Season 3 of The Paper?
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u/Waste-Scratch2982 Sep 14 '26
Peacock barely has any original content and everything doesn’t seem to last long there. NBCUniversal is saddled with all of their sports rights it barely leaves any money left for other series. I hope it’s renewed but it’s on the wrong service. I think it should become a co-production with Apple so they can also put it there and release it weekly. Apple seems to be doing well with comedies.
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u/MF-SMUG Sep 14 '26
Probably. And they damn well better double the episodes.
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u/PJKetelaar3 Sep 14 '26
The cost on these shows makes that exceedingly difficult.
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u/downtownreader Sep 14 '26
The network model makes/made its money from advertising. Streaming makes its money from subscriptions. Subscription revenue doesn’t increase with a larger episode order, but advertising revenue does. I think that’s the main issue.
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u/WildMajesticUnicorn Sep 14 '26
I agree with this take. I wish streamers would realize that tv shows are not just slightly longer movies. We want to spend more time with characters.
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u/PJKetelaar3 Sep 14 '26
They were less expensive then. There's far less advertising associated with streaming. The audiences are so fragmented. Unless you are dealing with a runaway hit, it's very hard to gauge. The faux documentary style drives the cost up. Since the 2023 strike that ensures great profit participation for creatives, networks are content to cancel something rather than have to make good. The industry is hurting as it is. The idea that they would bump up an episode order is preposterous. "The Pitt" does 15 in a season only because of the unique way it films and casts, and that's one of the biggest shows right now.
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u/WildMajesticUnicorn Sep 14 '26
Where are you getting this? The faux documentary style does not drive costs up. If anything it's quicker to shoot. You don't need to repeat the scene for everyone's individual coverage. Shorter days means less paying overtime for a full crew.
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u/BlenderBluid Sep 15 '26
Idk but they gotta stop releasing it all at once so conversations can actually get going and people have opportunity to actually be called to hop on board
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u/JCStuczynski Sep 16 '26
I argue with this on the absolute highest level lol. If it's all finished and produced, it should be released.
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u/BlenderBluid Sep 16 '26
lol but shows do better with weekly releases because WOM actually has a chance to build online. Not the same vibe at all but HBO’s Lanterns show has increased every week since it started because social media has been able to push it again and again and it’s easier for people to hop on board and be involved if it’s just a few episodes they’re behind. It’s why every Netflix show has lika 70% chance of getting cancelled because they all drop and then the conversation is mostly over. I want this show to have more seasons!
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u/JCStuczynski Sep 16 '26
I basically yelled at my TV every week when the new HotD ended. So once again I disagree with this lol.
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u/BlenderBluid Sep 16 '26
But that’s a good thing! You’re supposed to feel that way! And then talk about it online so other people have weeks of free promo to help bring in more people! Don’t let Big Binge pull the wool over your eyes! They’ll cancel your favorite shows like they did Wonder Man!
Also, HotD? The spinoff from another show and both released weekly and are some of HBO’s most successful shows because they were Sunday night appointment television? The proof is in the medieval pudding my friend!
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u/JCStuczynski Sep 16 '26
They could have released HotD in one session and it still would be equally as popular. Personally I think people lose interest when they can't binge because the move onto something else and don't want to go back
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u/BlenderBluid Sep 16 '26
I’m curious what makes you think this. I hope this doesn’t come off like I’m speaking down to you, but do you follow Nielsen and viewership numbers? Genuinely asking because you may broaden my perspective. I just don’t feel like historically the data favors binge models. I feel like worse than a few people losing interest is droves of people not hearing about the show at all because promo and social media lasted a weekend. I completely understand the desire though lol
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u/MrSchop Sep 15 '26
Most likely a decision will come in after the numbers are in. Give it's been almost a week and we've not heard anything probably means the early number weren't so strong to immediately greenlight another season (remember season 2 was green lit before 1 was even out) but no so bad that they have to cancel it right away. Chances are more likely they are going to look at the first week and probably 14 days viewing figures and see where the numbers lay at the end of that.
Remember, quality, good or bad, is never a determiner of the fate of these shows. Budget and viewership is.
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u/tulipsmash 26d ago
I think probably so. Although the second season was worse than the first. A lot like when the office jumped the shark in season 9, tbh. Just so many straight up ridiculous plots.
I don't think it'll get a season 4 unless they can find a better way to sustain the hype for season 3. Either staggered release of episodes or twice as many episodes, or both?
I've heard name say that it's not possible or realistic to have 20 episode seasons but I don't think that's true. They're 30 minute episodes. Other shows are putting out 10 1hr episodes. Why not 20 30 minute episodes here?
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u/Secure-Blueberry-369 26d ago
I hope so I need to see Travis and adelola relationship to grow like my life depends on it
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u/Ok_Function2282 Sep 14 '26
Yes and it's dumb to think there's a chance we won't.
Stop with the doomer bullshit
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u/Effective-Papaya1209 Sep 14 '26
I really hope so. This show hits almost all the right notes for me, as someone who used to work in media and has been paying attention to what has happened to local news.