Stranger Things
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4 statements about Stranger Things, every show
Hastings: Netflix's biggest shows make up under 1% of annual viewing
“The biggest shows we have like stranger things were less than one percent of viewing in a year. So we have extreme non-concentration and you know, lots of different budgets and spread.”
Ted Sarandos greenlit Stranger Things immediately upon hearing the pitch
“I knew as soon as we heard the Stranger Things pitch that we were doing this show. And I knew it every step of the way as the episodes, as the scripts were coming in, as the episodes were coming in, That it was something special. Not at the scale that it is. I…”
Sarandos: Cumulative buzz for top Netflix shows exceeds Game of Thrones
“The cumulative buzz of Orange is the New Black, the cumulative buzz of 13 Reasons Why, the cumulative buzz of Stranger Things is actually much bigger than Game of Thrones.”
Sarandos: Netflix immediately bought Stranger Things but misjudged its massive scale
“I knew as soon as we heard the Stranger Things pitch that we were doing the show. And I knew at every step of the way, as the episodes, as the scripts were coming in, as the episodes were coming in, that it was something special. Not at the scale that it is. I…”