Netflix

NetflixWe’re just a few days away from the long-awaited fourth season of Arrested Development, one of the most high-profile Netflix original series to be released. Ted Sarandos, the man behind the company’s ever-burgeoning original content strategy, just sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about Netflix’ strategy and what you can expect in the coming year in terms of new material. When asked what “phase two” of its original content strategy would look like, Sarandos said “it’s feasible that we would double the load that we did this year.” Given that there are at least five shows lined up for this year, it’s conceivable that we’ll see Netflix hit double digits on its original series next year. It’s not clear what those new shows will be, but Sarandos did say that the company wanted to get into both “adult contemporary sci-fi” (which it will be doing with Sense8 from the creators of The Matrix) as well as “tween” horror, along the lines of what the CW network shows.

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