Netflix is Making Moves

Netflix hasn't had the greatest year in terms of subscriber loss due to their plan to charge a separate fee for streaming video and DVDs. So I guess it makes sense for them to do two of the awesomest things I've heard in a long time.

1. "Lilyhammer": The new Netflix Streaming exclusive show starring Steven Van Zandt. Steven was on Howard Stern today promoting "Lilyhammer" which premiers on Netflix next week. In the show Steven will reprise his role as a mafia hit man (not Sil) who has been placed in the witness protection program. After watching the trailer I learned that Steven's character on the show requests to be placed in Lillehammer which is a town in Norway and home to the '94 Winter Olympics. As you can imagine it seems to be a terrific fish out of water story and should be entertaining as hell. I'm a huge fan of Steven's, he was one of my favorite characters on the Sopranos, and I cannot wait to check out his performance in his own vehicle on February 6th. I am also very curious to see how well received it is due to it being Netflix' first original program. Watch the trailer with the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRgVbp9gSY

2. Arrested Development: I couldn't possibly be happier about this. Netflix has picked up the rights to stream the new season of "Arrested Development" for it's triumphant return in 2013. The entire original cast is back and it's going to be amazing. The show was cancelled back in 2006 after 3 seasons. It is one of those shows that just crushed fans when it was cancelled and the fact that it is returning is just outstanding. I am just learning of this today but will anxiously await the new episodes when they premier. Here's a link to an article in the Chicago Tribune from today about it:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-arresteddevelopmenttre80u1lg-20120131,0,902553.story

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