As mentioned above, if Netflix is budgeting shows at levels that require nearly unattainable viewership, then they have an unsustainable model and they are making poor choices with their programming. We saw this with The Sandman. It spent three weeks at Number 1, six weeks in the Top 5 and had a one-week high of 127.5 million hours viewed. Yet Neil Gaiman was telling people they needed to keep watching to assure it got a second season. How is a run like that not considered a huge success?