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Eric Deggans: Can Netflix Build a Factory for Appointment TV?
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A week's work of live programming on Netflix wraps up this evening with the final episode of comic John Mulaney's twisted talk show re-invention, Everybody's in L.A. Mulaney's fading experiment, along with the Brady roast and Williams special, are part of the Netflix is a Joke Festival, which features hundreds of comedy performances across Los Angeles – a gigantic flex aimed at showing how the streamer has become the go-to destination for veteran and emerging comics. It's obvious that there are two types of TV programming where streamers are still struggling to match the success of traditional platforms like broadcast networks and cable channels: live spectacles, including sporting events, and topical news and talk shows.