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What you're describing is more of an American television problem.

The Simpsons, The Office, Game of Thrones, etc. all managed to go on too long without the help of Netflix.

Game of thrones problem wasnt going on too long quite the opposite. The show runners were assholes to the author of the books their show was based on and he wouldn't work with them anymore then when they got an offer from Disney they decided to cut the show short and finish it one season and cut major character development to get to the pre determined ending resulting in people having sudden character changes or clever characters start carrying the idot ball.

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