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Can Netflix build a factory for appointment TV?

The streamer has tried to create an avalanche of appointment television this week. We analyze whether it succeeded.
Jon Stewart and John Mulaney.

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.

So it's worth a moment to consider the double-edged results in the streamer's attempt to create an avalanche of appointment television in just seven days.

On one hand, you've got the juggernauts of Katt Williams' live standup comedy special last Saturday, plus

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