How did any, and I mean any TV executive think that was a good deal?

I doubt they thought about it and/or care. It’s probably a case where they don’t have the rights to offer the missing seasons, and threw what they had up anyways because fuck it, someone will watch it.

Or with Netflix, you’re exactly right.

I don’t honestly expect Netflix to survive long-term, since there’s absolutely no reason to subscribe to them anymore.

They don’t have any shows that I could name that I’d be interested in, and it’s damn internet meme that they’re going to kill everything after a season or two.

It’s utter incompetence by the c-levels, and has pretty much put them on a trajectory to eventually just glide into irrelevance.