![]() He said it was important to keep in mind not just how many people watch, but “how often and how long” they watch, too. He pushed for an “apples-to-apples” comparison, where Netflix’s statistics were not only verified by a third party, but also used the industry viewership standard instead of proprietary metrics. In February, FX chief John Landgraf laid out why unsubstantiated figures shouldn’t be accepted at face value from any company. “When They See Us” could move into that slot with the right campaign, and the big viewership numbers - real and/or perceived - could give them an advantage. Older shows are fading from consciousness, more recently released programs haven’t made as much of a dent, and there’s no dominant leader. ![]() The streaming giant has yet to win one of the major categories - Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, or Best Limited Series - and the limited series race is wide open. Limited Series Tempt Movie Stars to Television, But Who Will the Emmys Embrace?Įven without verification, the Netflix announcement of “When They See Us” viewership could be a boon for its Emmy campaign. Those announcements were met with dubious reactions from journalists because there is simply no way to verify the numbers are true. In December 2018, the company released internal data on “Birdbox” viewership, followed by more viewership claims regarding, “You,” “Sex Education,” “Triple Frontier,” “The Highwaymen,” and more. Company practice is not to release viewership statistics, unless it really wants to, and there’s no possibility of third-party verification. IndieWire has reached out for comment, although history suggests Netflix won’t supply much transparency on this topic. ![]() In stating that it’s “the most-watched series on Netflix,” the implication is it’s even more popular than Netflix reruns of “Friends” and “The Office,” which would be extraordinary. We don’t know exactly what “most” means, or even “watched” (how much of it? how long?). To be clear as we can, Netflix is saying that Ava DuVernay’s four-part limited series about the falsely accused boys who made up the Central Park Five has been the most watched series on Netflix for the last 13 days. When They See Us has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the US every day since it premiered on May 31 /jS8IXIh03g Wednesday afternoon, the streaming service posted the following to its U.S. Image: Getty/Netflix.Netflix wants you to know “ When They See Us” is a hit. The real life Elizabeth Lederer and actress Vera Farmiga. In a 2002 interview with The New Yorker, she described the arrests of the suspects as “one of the most brilliant police investigations I’ve ever seen," People reports. In 2018, after New York City released thousands of pages of case documents supporting the decision to vacate the convictions, Fairstein wrote an op-ed in the New York Law Journal defending the initial convictions and saying the confessions weren’t coerced. To this day, she maintains her defence of the Central Park Five prosecution. She then went on to write 20 mystery novels, sales from which have made her millions. Linda Fairstein was the Head of the Manhattan Sex Crimes unit who led the investigation into the Central Park Five.Įven with no conclusive evidence to suggest the teenagers had anything to do with Trisha Meili's sexual assault, Fairstein refused to pursue other suspects, ordering the coercion of the boys' confessions under extreme duress.įairstein held her position as the Head of the Sex Crimes unit until 2002, the same year Reyes confessed to raping Meili and all five previous convictions were overturned. You can watch the trailer for When They See Us below, post continues after video. These boys from Harlem became known as the Central Park Five, and are the real life people behind Netflix’s new four-part miniseries When They See Us, directed by Ava DuVernay. Of that group, five boys were arrested over the rape and attempted murder of Meili aka the Central Park jogger.Īntron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. The same night, a large group of Black and Latino youths were caught terrorising people in another area of Central Park. She was found in the early hours of April 18 she’d been raped, sodomised and beaten near death. The 28-year-old wouldn’t make it out of the park on her own. On the night of April 17, 1989, Trisha Meili set off on her usual jogging route through New York’s Central Park. They became known as the Central Park Five. This is the disturbing true story behind the Central Park Five. Five black and Hispanic boys, aged between 14 and 16, would be found guilty and jailed for the crime. ![]() She brought the five men Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise – known as the Central Park Five and now referred to as the Exonerated Five – to the 2019 Emmy Awards as her dates, just as she promised. Ava DuVernay’s four-part Netflix miniseries When They See Us was nominated for 16 Emmys.
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