Jackson highlights a problem that I think is one of ego and development when it comes to massive Netflix deals.

It indulges egos with promises of creative freedom, but does not support that freedom with proper development.

Everyone needs an editor!! https://www.vulture.com/amp/article/ryan-murphy-netflix-shows.html?__twitter_impression=true

There are a lot of mediocre Netflix shows that could be better with more discipline and script notes that pay attention to what doesn't make sense.

And too many of its shows simply gobble up hours without justifying their length.

Tight, well-written, smart half-hour episodes will always be preferable to me over hourlong ones that just twiddle their thumbs and burn up production money without really doing much else, like advancing plot or deepening characters

I don't know how many times I've moaned to my editor that these shows are in desperate need of dramaturgs, but it's a lot

It's one of the things I dread about John Stankey's attempt to make HBO more like Netflix and just push out more content for the sake of doing so; it's a recipe for unmemorable mediocrity and it doesn't serve TV creators or their audiences well

TV is a fundamentally collaborative medium; it suffers when creators turn into auteurs

(I loved Downton Abbey, but I bet it would have improved had Fellowed not written it basically by himself)