Interview · moment 15 of 31
Why Netflix Doesn't Understand "Laundry TV"
from Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show #307 · #307
3 min
Guest
They discuss what makes a streamer succeed (background "laundry TV" plus must-watch scripted shows like The Office/Friends), Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire success, and why writers rooms with real ideological collision (like Chappelle's) made better sketches.
- Netflix doesn't understand what makes a streamer successful — you need laundry TV, background noise, plus one scripted show people can't wait to watch.
- Tim's wife falls asleep to Harry Potter every night; the Office and Friends are the core shows Netflix shouldn't have removed.
- Why expect institutions to create good content when they're bad at it — but you also can't hand entertainment to political ideologues like Ben Shapiro.
- A show became funny when writers like Kurt Metzger, Jesse Klein fought in the room and collision of ideas happened naturally.
- There's now a litmus test for who can work as writers in the industry, which means they haven't failed enough yet to learn.
- TV specials are offering significantly less money than they used to — eventually companies won't even be able to offer that.
- YouTube is inevitable and will take out TikTok — YouTube Shorts will beat TikTok.
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