Comedian and author John Mulaney will host a live variety talk show on streaming company Netflix, announced in a post by X. The show could be similar to Mulaney’s live talk show “Everybody’s in LA,” which streamed for six episodes on Netflix in May 2024. .
Mulaney’s production company will produce and he will serve as showrunner, but other details were not disclosed. But at an event in Los Angeles, Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer, said “Everybody’s in LA” is indicative of what a weekly live talk/variety show on the service could look like. he said. “[It was]so bold, original, fresh, and unpredictable,” he said, “and I think it would be really fun to do a live show with him. .”
Netflix has a reputation for not giving its shows time to build an audience even if critics love them, and Jeff Goldblum’s Chaos is the latest example of that. However, Bajaria admitted that Everyone’s viewership in LA wasn’t huge, so it’s clear the streamer is willing to deviate from that strategy in some cases. In fact, Netflix has continued to associate with comedians, even when they’re controversial, as evidenced by Dave Chappelle’s history. That’s probably because comedy specials and talk shows are much cheaper to produce than scripted series.
