The second series of Derry Girls starts on Tuesday on Channel 4 in the UK. Coming soon to Netflix Stateside I’m sure...
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 00:14, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
