Netflix is quickly coming of age, staking a full day of TCA with the most panels of any network — 11 — only three years into being an original programming player. In his second appearance before TV critics, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos showed some swagger, taking subtle shots at traditional networks for copying the company’s model of releasing all episodes in a season at once (“What looked like a radical move has become commonplace, #Aquarius or something like that”) and even making light of Orange Is the New Black‘s Emmy category conundrum (“Orange is one of the most watched dramas — or comedies — on TV”). Netflix will offer 16 scripted comedy and drama series and 475 hours of original programming this year. “I don’t have to defend Adam Sandler,” he added, calling the weekend boxoffice for the movie, especially the strength of international, a “pretty respectable opening.” “We are as encouraged as ever and the split boxoffice got us excited.” Additionally, “for Ridiculous Six, one of things that is happening is that most of Adam’s audience is at home and they’re watching his stuff over and over again.” Sarandos also was asked about the controversy surrounding the filming of Ridiculous Six where Native Americans walked off the set in protest to racial stereotypes in the movie.
