I would agree with you but the success of Hannibal on NBC suggests otherwise. The problem in network television has been either their complete mismanagement of reasonably successful shows or their unwillingness to let ambitious projects come to air.
When they've let showrunners do their thing - Michelle and Robert King with The Good Wife on CBS and Bryan Fuller with Hannibal on NBC - successful high quality franchises have been created as a result. They just don't do it often enough.
When they've let showrunners do their thing - Michelle and Robert King with The Good Wife on CBS and Bryan Fuller with Hannibal on NBC - successful high quality franchises have been created as a result. They just don't do it often enough.