Netflix reveals the shows that get us hooked and why
It's comforting to know that it wasn't just us still glued to the screen after Episode 3!
Netflix have revealed why and at what point we get addicted to our favourite TV shows.
Some of the most popular shows, such as Stranger Things and Making a Murderer, will have us hooked after just three or four episodes. However, others such as Gilmore Girls take up to seven episodes.
Netflix's definition of getting us hooked is "the episode that kept 70% of viewers watching through a first season’s end".
According to Cindy Holland, the Vice President of Original Content at Netflix, “The hooked findings give us confidence that there is an appetite for original and unique content, which is why we’re excited to deliver variety in stories to our members, whether they’re political dramas from France or musical dramas from the Bronx.”
In the case of Making a Murderer, it was an unexpected confession and apparent tampering of evidence that had viewers hooked and in it for the long haul!
Making a Murderer | © Netflix
For Stranger Things, it was Barb's nightmare in the upside down and the first good look at the Demogorgon that hooked fans in episode three.
Stranger Things | © Netflix
Don't miss Louise chatting to the Stranger Things boys on Magic Chilled on Tuesday 27 September!