Summary
The fans are still reeling fromBosch: Legacy’s cancelation over seven months ago, and the pain has only intensified with the release of the third and ‘final season’. With just two episodes left, it’s very clear thatBosch: Legacywill not get the proper ending it deserves.Titus Welliver recently revealed a worrying new streaming content strategy which could shed light onBosch: Legacy’s cancelationduring an appearance on Rob Lowe’s podcast.
Titus Welliver has been surprisingly candid aboutBosch: Legacy’s cancelation, and rather than accepting his flowers from Amazon, he’s pushing for a continuation and pledging his support forthe petition to save the show, which has garnered over 31,000 signatures.Welliver’s latest comments point towards a worrying new trend in Hollywood, which could mean shows likeBosch: Legacynever get made again.
Titus Welliver’s Comments On The New ‘B Content’ Streaming Strategy Hint At Why Amazon Canceled Bosch: Legacy
Titus Welliver was informed ofBosch: Legacy’s cancelation in a ‘brief conversation’ with Michael Connelly, who got the news from the powers that be at Amazon back in September 2024. Connelly thought the cancelation was a ‘fitting close’ to Harry Bosch’s solo stories, but Welliver was less than accepting of the decision, while conceding that he didn’t know the reasons for the abrupt cancelation. Welliver toldThe Hollywood Reporter:
I’ve never had a conversation where I sat down and said, “Alright, tell me from point A to point B what it’s based on.
During an appearance on the podcastLiterally! Rob Lowe,Welliver might have hit on one of the possible reasons why Amazon canceledBosch: Legacy,when he revealed a worrying new content strategy that’s potentially going to be implemented:
You can’t be what they are now calling ‘the b content’. That’s a great concept for a show, but do you have an idea where a person can be on their phone while they’re watching this, and still follow the thread? There’s this technology that’s coming out where your phone will be linked to your television, and it’ll send you a little alert if there is a story point that’s important, and you should look away from your phone, and look at the screen. When I first heard that, I burst out laughing and realized nobody else was laughing in the room. And I find that terrifying.
Bosch: Legacyis not a ‘b content’ television show, but it was arguably canceled in favor of this type of ‘content’ and Welliver is right: ‘that is terrifying.’ Welliver didn’t outwardly state that this could be whyBosch: Legacywas canceled, or implicate Amazon as the ones in the room who were putting forward these ideas. However,the Harry Bosch star has had a decade-long business relationship with Amazon, and just signeda first-look dealwith them, so the chances are it was them that brought up this ridiculous suggestion.If this technology is implemented, it will damage the Hollywood industry beyond repair and there will never be another golden age of television.
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Titus Welliver Also Revealed That Amazon Previously Supported Bosch and Bosch: Legacy’s High-End Storytelling But Hinted That This Was No Longer The Case
Titus Welliver’s ‘b content’ claims originated from a conversation on Literally! With Rob Lowe, aboutBoschandBosch: Legacy’s focus on producing engaging sit-forward television that featured key moments where Harry Bosch would listen to jazz while perusing a murder book, without the use of dialogue to spell out what the taciturn character was actually thinking. Welliver said:
I learned to be able to trust stillness. His (Bosch’s) inner voice is expressed through the narrative in Connelly’s books, in the writing. That’s hard stuff to depict, but we all agreed that we could do that. The people who were in charge at Amazon at that time fully supported it.
The people in charge at Amazon ‘at that time’ supported this intelligent form of storytelling, but they clearly don’t now because theycanceledBosch: Legacy.Amazon’s content strategy is focused solely on getting people to click on a television show or movie, while continuing to browse on their phones, and receive alerts when a key moment in the story is imminent. That is ridiculous.Amazon doesn’t want their audience to shut off from the outside world,and engage deeply in their ‘content’, because that means they aren’t being distracted by the barrage of adverts trying to sell them something.
As soon as the viewer puts their phone down and focuses their attention onBosch: Legacy, Amazon can’t get what they want from them.Once upon a time, Amazon wanted their audience to engage in the art of storytelling, but now it’s purely a shallow business run by people who are completely out of touch with what their audience wants.Troy Evans summed it perfectly during an interview with Game Rant:
You have a group of young, ambitious, not very creative humans running Amazon, and they have no appreciation for creativity. No understanding of how it even happens.
Bosch: Legacycould be the last truly great show on television unless the fans speak out.The sun doesn’t need to set on Harry Bosch’s saga, and the Hollywood industry certainly doesn’t need to be plunged into darkness.
