Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir...
by ssully on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:42AM
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Neither Better Call Saul or Fargo are made by Netflix. BCS is an AMC show and Fargo I believe is FX.
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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir...
by mercer on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:18AM
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I find FX to be the best of the bunch for a while now, and I think it's precisely because they're like the non-ticking-boxes, less-formulaic weird little brother to the others: Atlanta, Fargo, Louie, Always Sunny, Better Things, and Legion.
And that's not even mentioning the 'classics': Justified, Terriers (underrated, must-watch!), The Shield, as well as the earlier season(s) of Sons of Anarchy and The Americans.
Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir...
by iamatworknow on Monday March 27, 2017 @04:31PM
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Not sure about the others, but Louis CK took a substantially smaller offer financially from FX as opposed to other networks because they were the only one that allowed him to do what he wanted with little interference, which certainly sounds like a positive thing for making original content.
Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir...
by thirdsun on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:49AM
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Of course, you're right - in my country they are both Netflix-exclusives and it's easy to forget that it doesn't necessarily mean original content. Still, it emphasizes my point.
Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir...
by zerocrates on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:38PM
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Do they brand them as "Netflix Originals" there? Netflix has an annoying tendency to do that in the US when they're merely the first or exclusive local distributor.