My best guess is that Netflix makes its original/shared rights programming for specific segments of its user base.
Some shows of theirs have really resonated with me, and others I can't even begin to approach.
However, that's just specific shows... with regular television, I'd feel that way about specific channels because they're targeting an entire userbase that doesn't include my tastes.
Netflix seems to cater to everyone, being extremely eclectic with what it holds in its catalogue, but when it comes time to make a series---they don't do the typical thing of watering down a series to try for broad appeal but rather they go for just to a specific niche.
"The Ranch" is a preview of CBS comedies ten years hence, when the FCC gets over its aversion to the fuckword. Netflix is just trying to show us a peek of the broadcast future.
F is for Family is the last of their "original series" I tried.
Wow. What a hateful show. It's like they found the world's greatest misanthropist, gave them $10,000,000, and said, "here, make a show that's kind of like The Simpsons I guess."
I have to admit I watched all the episodes, kind of like how when you see a horrible train collision you stick around to see how many bodies will be strewn about when it's over.
Anyway. "hateful"? The show strikes me as a sitcom set in the 1970's about a middle-aged slightly-worse-than-average dad with an average family who's pretty dissatisfied with his life and social status.
Because it's a sitcom, it makes everything more two-dimensional and extreme than you'd see in real life. Once you get past that, you see that
* The dad thinks of himself as THE family provider, but is willing to back down from that position when the wife tells him to fuck off
* Both parents hate the fact that they're burdened with kids, but they don't hate the kids and understand that they have to make things as good as they can for the kids
* The kids are just your typical free-range, somewhat-troublesome kids
* The dad doesn't get the free-spirit neighbor, but kinda respects him and envies his lifestyle
* The dad tries to do what's best for the people that depend on him, but he's not above launching a mean-spirited prank on someone who has deliberately fucked him over for doing the right thing
I don't think it's fair to call it "a show kind of like The Simpsons". The whole point is that it's taking place in 1970s and showing the life in that era. I found the show very interesting.
I took time this weekend to watch it and holy crap is it so bad. But I watched the whole season, and when I let go of any sense of good that could come out of it, I enjoyed it.
Some shows of theirs have really resonated with me, and others I can't even begin to approach.
However, that's just specific shows... with regular television, I'd feel that way about specific channels because they're targeting an entire userbase that doesn't include my tastes.
Netflix seems to cater to everyone, being extremely eclectic with what it holds in its catalogue, but when it comes time to make a series---they don't do the typical thing of watering down a series to try for broad appeal but rather they go for just to a specific niche.