[davvolun]

> If I remember correctly, plots and artistic decisions are made by committee

This is an extremely important point, needs to be backed up with some citation.

It's the exact condemnation of "the suits" making decisions in cable's heyday. FWIW, I've heard the opposite, that Netflix has an almost completely hands-off approach -- the Netflix execs find creators and give them a budget, then move on to finding their next creator. I don't know if that has any more truth, but I'm inclined to think so.