Weekly releases vs. the binge model: Here’s why Netflix’s approach is better

If you paid attention at all to any of the Netflix headlines this week, you were no doubt confronted with the revelation -- including from us -- that Netflix is experimenting with a different release schedule for some new TV seasons. The short version of what's going on: These are reality shows like The Great British Baking Show which air on Netflix that we're talking about here, which almost beg to be spread out to keep people hooked from week-to-week.

Nevertheless, Netflix is such a titanic force in media and entertainment that pretty much everything it does is scrutinized, debated, praised, critiqued -- and deservedly so. Thankfully, the streamer responded this week that barring a few outliers, it has no plans to back off its all-at-once release schedule, unlike some of its forthcoming rivals, which is arguably a more problematic approach.

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Weekly releases vs. the binge model: Here’s why Netflix’s approach is better originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 8 Sep 2019 at 09:02:34 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.