“The Killing” may have been ahead of its time.
Veena Sud’s crime drama, which first ran on AMC and was later picked up by Netflix, delivered a 13-episode first season in 2011 that declined to solve the central mystery of who killed small-town teen Rosie Larsen (Katie Findlay). When the season ended that June, there was an uproar on social media from the audience. They had given it so much time, energy and engagement while theorizing online about whodunnit, but failed to receive an answer. Sud announced the plan was always to definitively resolve who the perpetrator was by the end of the second season, but for many, that wasn’t enough.
Almost a decade later, though, there is a surge in streaming outlets that allow for not only more (and more unique) storytelling, but also new ways for the audience to engage with said content. This is causing show...
Veena Sud’s crime drama, which first ran on AMC and was later picked up by Netflix, delivered a 13-episode first season in 2011 that declined to solve the central mystery of who killed small-town teen Rosie Larsen (Katie Findlay). When the season ended that June, there was an uproar on social media from the audience. They had given it so much time, energy and engagement while theorizing online about whodunnit, but failed to receive an answer. Sud announced the plan was always to definitively resolve who the perpetrator was by the end of the second season, but for many, that wasn’t enough.
Almost a decade later, though, there is a surge in streaming outlets that allow for not only more (and more unique) storytelling, but also new ways for the audience to engage with said content. This is causing show...
- 7/10/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The addition of streaming services to the television landscape ushered in a larger wave of serialized programming, offering viewers the chance to binge a longer form story all in one setting. For a time, many believed the days of old-fashioned procedurals or sitcoms, of which you could watch episodes in any order because each one stood alone, was on its way out. That didn’t fully prove to be true, as the anthological storytelling structure was leaned into, creating standalone stories that all felt of one larger piece due to theme. And now, as these new platforms are in increasing competition with each other for consumers given the steady increase in content (more than 500 scripted series available per year alone), those two ideas have been melded together for one interactive drama: CBS All Access’s “Interrogation,” a 10-episode fictionalization of a true crime that the audience can watch in any episode order.
- 2/6/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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