{"id":13328,"date":"2022-11-07T17:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13328"},"modified":"2022-11-07T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:11:08","slug":"netflix-renews-the-popular-monster-and-watcher-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13328","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Renews the Popular &#8216;Monster&#8217; and &#8216;Watcher&#8217; Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Declaring that \u201caudiences can\u2019t take their eyes off <em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>The Watcher<\/strong><\/em>,&#8221; Netflix\u2019s head of global TV, Bela Bajaria, explained why the streamer is renewing the former show for two years and the latter for a single season.<\/p>\n<p>Over its first four weeks, <em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>became Netflix\u2019s second most-watched series, and the third in any language. As of November 1, it has amassed 934 million viewing hours worldwide. Meanwhile, <em><strong>The Watcher<\/strong><\/em> attracted 341 million viewing hours within the 18 days after its October 13 premiere.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official release from Netflix announcing the renewals:\u00a0 \u201cThe creative team of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan on <strong>Monster<\/strong> along with Eric Newman on <em><strong>The Watcher<\/strong><\/em> are masterful storytellers who captivated audiences all over the world. The back-to-back force of these two series is due to Ryan\u2019s distinct original voice which created cultural sensations and we are thrilled to continue telling stories in the <em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Watcher<\/strong><\/em> universes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Monster<\/strong><\/em>, which premiered on September 21, is based on the true story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, with Evan Peters starring in the title role; other cast members include Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, and Niecy Nash. <em><strong>The Watcher<\/strong><\/em> was inspired by the true story of a family that had been receiving threatening letters from an anonymous stalker. It is based on a 2018 story in <em>New York<\/em> magazine by Reeves Wiedeman. The cast for the first season, which debuted on October 13, includes Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale in the lead roles, with Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, Margo Martindale, Terry Kinney, Joe Mantello, Richard Kind, among others.<\/p>\n<p>According to Netflix, \u201c<em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>will become an anthology series like Murphy\u2019s FX shows <em><strong>American Horror Story<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>American Crime Story.<\/strong><\/em> It will feature \u201cstories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society,\u201d It\u2019s still not clear whether <em><strong>The Watcher<\/strong> <\/em>will also be treated as part of an anthology.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Murphy signed a $300 million five-year deal to produce programming for Netflix. He had earlier created series like\u00a0<strong><em>Hollywood, The Politician, Ratched\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0<em><strong>Halston<\/strong>, <\/em><em>none of which attracted audiences like <\/em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <em>or <strong>The Watcher<\/strong>. <\/em>The just-announced Netflix renewal seems to quell rumors that Murphy might be returning to Disney, as had been rumored.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declaring that \u201caudiences can\u2019t take their eyes off Monster and The Watcher,&#8221; Netflix\u2019s head of global TV, Bela Bajaria, explained why the streamer is renewing the former show for two years and the latter for a single season. Over its first four weeks, Monster became Netflix\u2019s second most-watched series, and the third in any language&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12573,12571,12572,1013,92,3387,12570],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix Renews the Popular &#039;Monster&#039; and &#039;Watcher&#039; Shows | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13328\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix Renews the Popular &#039;Monster&#039; and &#039;Watcher&#039; Shows | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Declaring that \u201caudiences can\u2019t take their eyes off Monster and The Watcher,&#8221; Netflix\u2019s head of global TV, Bela Bajaria, explained why the streamer is renewing the former show for two years and the latter for a single season. 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