Completion rate over 50% used as a green light signal for Netflix series.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Simple: the show starts good and as many of them do, it loses its steam, spins its wheels, gets repetitive and then people bail. I’m surprised this isn’t more common. We have started many shows and then jumped ship. 3 or 4 great episodes or a "good start" isn’t enough to get me to invest 4-5 seasons of my time into your show. Content creators must EARN peoples time. You don’t just get it because season one was good. If season two sucks….. bye…..

That’s my take on it.

In that case, it's not a show you like then. But if people like a show and only watch half, why bother?

Originally Posted by Josep5349

After getting a flavour of a show, some may decide they wish to put it on hold and binge the whole series, without waiting months between seasons.

If they want to binge a multi-season series then all they're doing is making it more likely it will be a short series not worth watching because it won't have a conclusion. This isn't like broadcast tv where Nielsen is unreliable, streaming knows every account that watches something.