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What Would Netflix Do Without ‘Friends?’

17 October, 2018

Netflix is faced with questions about the shifting media landscape during its earnings release, a week after WarnerMedia announced plans to launch a competing service in a move that follows in the digital footsteps of The Walt Disney Co. One issue, in particular, is what Netflix will do to fill the hole in its content library, once Disney and WarnerMedia take back their movies and television shows for their own on-demand services. According to our data, “Friends” was the third most popular sitcom in the U.S., behind Brooklyn Nine-Nine (#1) and Big Bang Theory (#2) from Aug 17 through Oct 15.

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