“Jerry Seinfeld is taking Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on the road to Netflix,” Oriana Schwindt reports for Variety.
“The talk series, which had previously debuted new episodes on Sony’s ad-supported streaming service Crackle, will bring 24 new episodes exclusively to Netflix starting in late 2017, with subsequent installments coming in 2018 and further forward in time,” Schwindt reports. “The move is part of a multi-faceted production deal Seinfeld has inked with Netflix that will also include two new stand-up specials filmed exclusively for the streaming service.”
“Seinfeld’s relationship with Sony extends back to the days of his first TV success with Seinfeld, produced by Sony Pictures Television,” Schwindt reports. “But now Netflix, belle of the streaming ball, has exclusive global distribution rights to Seinfeld’s series. In addition to the new episodes, Netflix will also get the 59 older ones that already had their first runs on Crackle. (Seinfeld streams exclusively on Hulu.)”
Schwindt reports, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has racked up three Emmy nominations; most recently, in the variety talk series category, virtually unheard-of for a streaming service.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is great series (and the only reason we ever launched our Crackle app on Apple TV) that would have been nice for Apple to have landed instead (along with The Grand Tour which Amazon smartly nabbed) for Apple TV.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee:
(Watch out for the high volume of Crackle’s open and close bumps)
The Grand Tour:
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If we could just play Amazon videos on the AppleTV that would be awesome – thinking of getting a ROKU and only use that as it has it all
Fire Eddy Cue.
It’s a fun show.
Getting a Roku tomorrow, because I’m tired of streaming Amazon through airplay. So I’ll have the best of both worlds ATV and Roku.
Am I wrong for having a dislike for Amazon that less than, but of the Google kind? I know, I know, it’s not exactly the topic, but I was reminded by other’s seeming love of AZN.
God what fitting tribute to Garry.
I miss him so much.
i used to like the show until i realized how stupid it is to watch a celebrity hang out and do nothing wth other celebs. heaven forbid they hang out with the common folk
I guess it’s another show about nothing.