Netflix Sets Season 2 for ‘Stranger Things’

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Netflix said that its surprise hit Stranger Things will return for a second season in 2017.

The show’s writers and creators Matt and Ross Duffer are also coming back to make nine new episodes.

Stranger Things 2 will be produced by 21 Laps for Netflix.

The show will be executive produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and the Duffer Brothers.

Despite being launched with little fanfare, Stranger Things has earned strong reviews, big social media buzz and has become one of the most popular streaming shows this summer.

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Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.