Netflix has by no means fairly cracked the discuss present formulation, however possibly it could actually borrow an current hit from YouTube.
According to Bloomberg, the streamer is in talks with BuzzFeed to create dwell episodes of the favored YouTube discuss present “Hot Ones.” Netflix and BuzzFeed didn’t instantly reply to TechCrunch’s request for remark.
The present launched again in 2015, and the format — with host Sean Evans interviewing movie star friends as they battle to eat more and more spicy hen wings — has confirmed surprisingly sturdy, with new episodes generally attracting tens of thousands and thousands of viewers on YouTube. (Evans will reportedly host the dwell Netflix episodes, as effectively.)
As conventional late night time discuss exhibits battle with declining rankings and shrinking budgets, “Hot Ones” grow to be an everyday cease on the promotional circuit for pop stars and Hollywood actors. BuzzFeed, which picked up “Hot Ones” by means of its acquisition of Complex, has reportedly tried and did not promote the present because it faces a debt reimbursement deadline on the finish of the yr.
Netflix, in the meantime, has experimented on-and-off with the discuss format, for instance with two seasons of a present hosted by Chelsea Handler. Arguably its biggest achievement up to now has been the current “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA” — which was completely pleasant, nevertheless it was seemingly designed as a short-lived, shambolic experiment; it’s not clear if there can be a second season.
Why flip the usually pre-recorded “Hot Ones” right into a dwell present? Well, the promise of seeing a celeb soften down with out the safety of modifying might make these specials stand out from the common program. Plus, Netflix has been experimenting with dwell content material, from stand-up specials to actuality TV reunions to WWE “Raw.”
