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Peak TV be damned: There’s a lot coming in 2016 from Netflix, execs from the streaming service said Sunday at Winter TCA in Pasadena.
Comedian Asiz Ansari’s Master of None might not be one of those shows, although everyone seemed pleased with the show’s first season.
“We’re figuring it out,” he said. “I need some time to refill my head. The first season was so personal, I want to make sure what I do for season 2 lives up to what we made in the first season.”
Alan Yang, co-creator and executive producer, called Netflix “dream partners,” which certainly bodes well for the future of the show.
Netflix hopes Love, a fresh take on relationships and the first show created by Judd Apatow since Undeclared, is another comedy success for the network.
Of course, given Netflix’s penchant for revivals, he was unable to escape his original series: the canceled too soon Freaks and Geeks.
When asked if we might see a comeback, Apatow had a typical joke ready.
“All of those characters died in a super-max prison,” Apatow said, as reported by Deadline. “You never know. It could happen.”
Apatow threw in his two cents about the “too much TV” phenomenon.
“It’s an amazing time for showrunners and creators because there is an enormous need for shows. Even six or seven years ago it felt like a lot of my friends were out of work, and there were not a lot of sitcoms, and suddenly the whole world seemed to open up and demand groundbreaking television,” said Apatow, as noted by Deadline.
“[Netflix’s model] takes the desperation out of development and the creative process,” he said.
All ten episodes of Love’s first season (the series got a two-season order) premiere February 19, starring Gillian Jacobs (Community) and Paul Rust (who also acts as an executive producer).
Speaking of love, Netflix’s second Marvel series, Jessica Jones, got a lot of it when it premiered back in November.
This morning, the Krysten Ritter superhero drama received a pickup for season 2, leaving the creators a little in the lurch on what to expect for season 2.
“We learned about the pickup when you guys learned about it,” said executive producer Jeph Loeb, according to Deadline. “We’re still in the stage of ‘Yay!‘”
Melissa Rosenberg, the series’ showrunner, echoed Loeb’s sentiment.
“I honestly don’t know, I have no idea,” she said. “We’ll find out [soon] I’m sure.”
It’s clear that Rosenberg will continue to adapt from the source material, Brian Michael Bendis’ Alias.
“I will always use as much as I possibly can from the book,” she said. “I think I just want it to be about her character. She’s a very damaged character, and that damage goes beyond Kilgrave. There’s a lot to mine from in her backstory and into her present day situation.”
[Read more: Jessica Jones Deadline, Love Deadline]
[All images courtesy of Netflix]
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