SNL Parodies Netflixs Massive Volume Of Programming, Suggests The Crown & Family Matters Reboots
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Netflix has been expanding its content at a breakneck speed, even exceeding its own projections. Experts now estimate that the streaming giant has spent $12-$13 billion on programming this year, up from the $8 billion the company had been expected to shell out. Tonights Saturday Night Live, hosted by Claire Foy, the outgoing star of Netflixs British royal drama The Crown, took notice.
“Weve gone crazy,” SNLs Netflix ad proclaimed. “Were spending billions of dollars and making every show in the world. Our goal is the endless scroll; by the time youve reached the bottom of our menu, there are new shows at the top and thus the singularity will be achieved.”
“How are we doing it — simple, we buy everything.” The spoof demonstrated that by a dramatization of Netflix pitch meetings. It also poked fun at Netflixs (and others) penchant for reboots and revivals, hyping new Netflix shows like Saved By the Crown, which sends The Crowns Foy to high school, a gritty Family Matters reboot and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee offshoot Leslie Jones in a Van Getting Batteries.
Netflixs film selection also got an SNL treatment. “We still got movies — thousands of them — 12 of which you want to watch. We even made all the fake moves from Entourage!”
“Itll take 12 human lifetimes to watch all of our content,” the parody ad said in conclusion. Watch it above.
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