MUMBAI: Netflix subscribers are in for a treat. The subscription based video-on-demand service has announced the premiere dates for its original shows in 2017. The shows include new seasons of popular titles like Orange Is The New Black and House of Cards.
The streaming service has also upped the amount of original programming this year. More than a dozen shows will return or debut on the platform this year, joining an expanding slate of original movies and stand-up specials.
Project MC2 (February 14)
Chef's Table (February 17)
Buddy Thunderstruck (March 10)
Marvel's Iron Fist (March 17)
Love (March 10)
Julie's Greenroom (March 17)
Grace and Frankie (March 24)
Bill Nye Saves The World (April 21)
Girlboss (April 21)
Casting JonBenet (April 28)
Dear White People (April 28)
Anne (May 12)
House of Cards (May 30)
Orange Is The New Black (June 9)
Netflix has also renewed The OA for a second season. Though, a release date has not yet been announced yet. The OA is about a woman named Prairie Johnson who returns to her family after vanishing for seven years. She comes back changed: she had been blind, but her sight has been restored, and she now calls herself The OA. Upon her return, she gathers a group of four teenagers and a high school teacher to talk about her experiences, then asks them to help save several other people, whom she claims are trapped in another dimension.