Ted Sarandos: "One of the reasons Friends is so popular is because it's on Netflix" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 10-23-2019, 09:16 PM

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/net...ce-1203380879/

The Netflix chief content officer said if Friends and The Office were on NBC's failed comedy streaming service Seeso, which shuttered in 2017, they wouldn't be popular with young people as they are today. “Part of the enduring success of the shows is they’ve been available on Netflix in a way that people can watch them and ingrain them in their lives," Sarandos said in a conversation with Katie Couric at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit. "Part of it also is: they sit down they push play and there it is. Friends and The Office found them, too, on Netflix. Remember, Friends and The Office have been widely syndicated for years, still are. … A lot of that phenomenon has been because of Netflix.”

Smartboy · 10-23-2019, 11:33 PM

I can understand this. Back when "Friends" was on prime-time, I liked it a lot. Now I watch it on Netflix and it is great!

10-23-2019, 09:16 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,472	Ted Sarandos: "One of the reasons Friends is so popular is because it's on Netflix" https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/net...ce-1203380879/ The Netflix chief content officer said if Friends and The Office were on NBC's failed comedy streaming service Seeso, which shuttered in 2017, they wouldn't be popular with young people as they are today. “Part of the enduring success of the shows is they’ve been available on Netflix in a way that people can watch them and ingrain them in their lives," Sarandos said in a conversation with Katie Couric at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit. "Part of it also is: they sit down they push play and there it is. Friends and The Office found them, too, on Netflix. Remember, Friends and The Office have been widely syndicated for years, still are. … A lot of that phenomenon has been because of Netflix.”

10-23-2019, 11:33 PM	#2
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	I can understand this. Back when "Friends" was on prime-time, I liked it a lot. Now I watch it on Netflix and it is great!