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by Eric_WVGG 1529 days ago
> Compared to when there were three major broadcast TV networks

You're not wrong, but crucially those three broadcast networks didn't run their own studios. They couldn't prefer their own, lowly-rated tv shows over more expensive, highly rated shows run by other studios.

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> You're not wrong, but crucially those three broadcast networks didn't run their own studios.

Yes, they did (starting before they even were TV networks; NBC Studios has been around since the 1930s), though they also purchased outside content.

Just like the (more than three) major streaming services.

> They couldn't prefer their own, lowly-rated tv shows over more expensive, highly rated shows run by other studios.

Yes, they could. And did.