Netflix orders John Mulaney live weekly talk show in 2025

Netflix is ​​expanding its business with comedian John Mulaney. Following the success of last year’s live series “Everybody’s in LA” with Mulaney, Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria announced Thursday that Netflix will launch a weekly live talk show with Mulaney next year. “I’m really excited about it,” she said as she revealed the news at the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles. “So next year, for 2025, we’re doing a live variety talk show with John Mulaney, which I’m really excited about,” she said. “I mean, John Mulaney, hello. So we’ve obviously had a long relationship with John, and we’ve done his stand-up specials and during the Netflix is ​​a Joke Festival he did a live talk show called “Everybody’s in LA.” and I was on a couple of recordings and it was just so bold and original and fresh and then unpredictable. And I think it will be really fun to do a live show with him.”

Bajaria said the viewership for “Everybody’s in LA” wasn’t huge, but it was a good test and learning experiment for the next step. “Now if we set up a weekly live talk/discussion, what does that look like? I think it will be interesting to see live. Plus he’s just incredibly talented and really creative.”

Talk has been a challenge for Netflix as previous attempts by hosts like Hasan Minhaj failed to succeed. But Bajaria said: “I think we have to continue to be bold and take risks and fluctuations.” And I think it would be too easy and too safe to say, ‘Well, talking didn’t work, so let’s not even try.’ ‘“

Live has been a growth area for Netflix, which is currently negotiating with BuzzFeed to air live versions of “Hot Ones,” Sean Evans’ popular YouTube talk series, and has added live sporting events such as golf, tennis and boxing. a hot dog eating contest; and comedy specials from Chris Rock and Joe Rogan. Netflix is ​​also soon adding live wrestling programming as well as a slate of NFL games for Christmas Day.