Titus Welliver is now the biggest voice backing the petition to Save Bosch: Legacy in the lead up to the launch of the third and final season on March 27. Welliver was supportive of the campaign to save the original Bosch series, which led to the spin-off, Bosch: Legacy, launching on Amazon’s ad-supported offshoot, Freevee. However, after Bosch: Legacy was canceled, Freevee was also shelved, and this suggests there could be a huge link.

Bosch: Legacy‘s puzzling cancelation is something even Harry Bosch would struggle to solve, as the show has huge viewing figures, and a massive fan base. The petition to Save Bosch: Legacy is a gargantuan effort by the fans and the juggernaut will roll on until Amazon sees sense and gives Harry Bosch a proper ending. Amazon Freevee’s shutdown is potentially the key to unraveling one of the real reasons for the cancelation, as it hints at a very cynical and pre-meditated change of direction for the streamer.

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Amazon’s Realization That They Were Competing With Themselves Is Probably Why Freevee Was Shutdown

Amazon Freevee was originally launched in 2019 under the name, IMDB TV. It was Amazon’s guinea pig project to see if advertisements were a viable option moving forward. In 2022, Amazon rebrands it as Freevee, and this coincides with the launch of the spin-off series, Bosch: Legacy. An outcry from fans helped to convince Amazon to continue Harry Bosch’s story, and to nobody’s surprise, it was a massive hit. This led to the announcement of two spin-offs featuring Renee Ballard and Jerry Edgar respectively, and the exciting expansion of Michael Connelly’s Bosch-verse. On the flip side, fans were less than pleased with the barrage of adverts on Freevee, but Prime Video subscribers are now accustomed to that.

Here’s the thing: Amazon realized they didn’t need Freevee anymore, as they’d launched adverts on Prime Video, so why would they compete with themselves? They assumed the Bosch: Legacy fans would accept the passing of the baton to the Ballard spin-off and that would be the end of it. It was a smart move to put Bosch: Legacy on Freevee, as the universe was already well-established, and the revenue generated from adverts would have lined their pockets nicely. But why wasn’t this enough to convince Amazon to invest in more Harry Bosch crime cases? The show was getting more expensive to produce, with Michael Connelly’s contract clause insisting Bosch and Bosch: Legacy was filmed in Los Angeles, which doesn’t have the favorable tax breaks that other cities offer. However, none of these reasons are good enough to justify canceling Bosch: Legacy without allowing the creative team to work towards a proper ending.

Save Bosch: Legacy Key Facts

• Sign the petition to Save Bosch: Legacy HERE
• Spread the word by visiting Bosch: Legacy’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts, and tell other fans about the cancelation, and link to the petition.

The Streaming Industry Isn’t Sustainable And This Is Why Advertising Has Become Such A Priority For Amazon

Amazon clearly knew the streaming business was heading for trouble over five years ago, or they wouldn’t have introduced IMDB TV, which later became Freevee. The birth of advertising on streaming platforms was the beginning of the end in many ways. The initial appeal of streaming was that the viewer could watch their shows without the interruption of advertisements, which was and still is the case with network television. Amazon and Netflix no longer stand out from the crowd because they don’t offer anything different. Amazon needs revenue from advertisements, because they already have a subscriber base for shows like Bosch: Legacy.

Amazon’s cynical approach was to attempt to appeal to the younger demographic to add to their subscriber base and that involved phasing out Bosch: Legacy, and introducing the more youthful Ballard spin-off, while keeping their core Bosch subscribers. Amazon has shot themselves in the foot because Bosch fans will just cancel Amazon, especially if they get the slightest whiff of Michael Connelly’s authentic portrayal of cold case investigators being compromised in Ballard. Amazon could bump up the subscription price, but that would ultimately lead to cancelations as well. It would be ironic, as Amazon is more than happy to cancel great shows like Bosch: Legacy and cry about the outrage of the fans, but they wouldn’t be happy if they were subsequently canceled for doing so. The other problem Amazon has is the lack of quality shows on their platform. The whole streaming business was never sustainable, and it’s now a case of watching on in horror as the industry eats itself alive. None of the studios or the industry as a whole want to talk about this issue, but isn’t it time that conversation happened? Mimi Rogers nailed it when she said ‘Tell Amazon‘. The fans are why this industry exists. Listen to them!!!

Sign The Petition To Save Bosch: Legacy Here

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