Netflix has a slew of movies available on its platform. Many of these are splashy originals, like the recent Netflix releases Atlas and the dramedy Hitman , which are both quite popular on the streamer. Some of the network’s flicks aren’t made with such lofty budgets in mind, however, and many fans love that the network adds genre content like rom-coms as well as Academy Award winners .
But if you’ve ever wondered how Netflix feels about its rom-coms and what the streamer is trying for in terms of quality with movies like Irish Wish and Mother of the Bride , Ted Sarandos recently was extremely open about the streaming platform’s goals. There’s been a lot of talk about “folding your laundry” content at Netflix, which is why one enterprising New York Times reporter wanted to talk to Ted Sarandos in the first place. When they spoke, they discussed genre programming and that sort of content that can be thrown on while other tasks are being accomplished.
Sarandos does not straight up deny the “folding your laundry” content premise, but he did reveal the streaming platform is trying to compete just a little more highly than Hallmark in terms of quality, which I did not expect him to flat-out say. He used the recently lambasted film Irish Wish to explain the actual quality the streamer is going for, and connected his rom-coms with the ever-popular Hallmark releases in the process. [Laughs.
] But again, I think that Irish Wish is at the high end of the Hallmark scale.
