Streaming and the Self Worth of People in Hollywood

i don't know how my show is doing. i get, always has been, since this move to streaming, that people who work in hollywood are involved with the validation of themselves through some sort of external source. And like neelson raitings or box office numbers like these are important for two reasons. One of them is, really, it's like validation. It's emotional and creative validation is like, am i just putting these things into the black hole? Or is somebody watching? Do i have fans? How many fan do i have? The other part of it, of course, is wit. What's their next deal? And if they are the creator of a mildly