The gulf between the real world and streaming has never been wider
by Alex Cranz from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H6JW)
The two women are the stars of one of the most watches shows on Netflix this year. | Image Amanda Matlovich/Netflix Stop me if you've heard this one. You're at a holiday gathering and some very offline family member starts chatting about the show Yellowstone. Pretty soon after a very online family member looks up in confusion and asks either what the show is or why they keep hearing about it when no one they know seems to watch it.
But maybe it's not Yellowstone. Maybe its La Reina Del Sur, or The Glory, or maybe its Ginny & Georgia. What those three shows all have in common is they're three of the most watched shows on Netflix between January and June 2023, and if you haven't heard of them it's probably because you're part of the increasing gulf between the shows people talk about online and the ones everyone is actually watching.
These new Netflix...