Love for "Derry Girls" in a short piece in The New Yorker. LINK <https://www.newyorker.com/recommends/watch/the-wholesome-teen-age-dirtbags-of-derry-girls>
On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 4:00 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 9:26 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> . >>> >>>> >>>> I found the "Derry Girls" pilot on YouTube and watched it and loved >> it. I didn't pursue it after that, though. >> Then yesterday "Derry Girls" showed up on my Netflix queue. I caught the >> second episode and I'll watch the rest. Netflix describes it as a Netflix >> series. Maybe they've come up with money for a second season? IMDB says >> there will be a second season but has no details. >> >>> >>> > Glad you enjoyed it. Funnily enough, my 82 year old father was just > telling me how much he enjoyed it too. > > The subject of what is and isn't a "Netflix Original" is really > interesting - or at least is of moderate interest to readers in this group. > If you have some time, there's a great piece by Matthew Ball, a former > Amazon exec who writes for Redef. He explains that Netflix stretch the term > "original" very widely: > https://redef.com/original/how-the-paradox-of-the-phrase-original-series-explains-the-video-industry-netflix-misunderstandings-pt-4 > > He says that there are several types of "Originals" - most of which > Netflix label the same: > > Developed Originals - e.g. Stranger Things - which Netflix developed and > fully control. > > Acquired Originals - e.g. Narcos - developed by a third party and then > bought by Netflix. > > Co-Licensed Originals - e.g. Star Trek Discovery - where Netflix shares > the production cost with other networks in other territories. Outside the > US (and Canada?), Star Trek Discovery is labelled a "Netflix Original." > > Licensed Originals - e.g. Better Call Saul - where Netflix just buys the > shows on the market. In most of the world outside the US, this is only on > Netflix. > > Licensed Series - e.g. Friends - where second runs onwards are just > licensed for a territory. > > Ball notes that the first FOUR might all be labelled a Netflix Original in > some territories! I suspect that Derry Girls is either a Co-Licensed > Original or a Licensed Original. Channel 4 which shows it in the UK > definitely hasn't dropped it or stopped making it, and Netflix is just > labelling it as their show in the US (and perhaps elsewhere) because they > can. I suspect that they'll actually have little creative control of the > series. > > This murkiness in what is and isn't an original almost certainly helps > them claim to have lots more series when FX does their analysis, than > perhaps they really do. Sometimes they have some creative say, but other > times, they're just getting their money out. > > BTW - If you have some time, and haven't read them, all Matthew Ball's > pieces at Redef are well worth reading. > > > > Adam > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
