Kevin Spacey and Tucker Carlson have released a bizarre Christmas video, with Spacey acting as his character, Frank Underwood, from ‘House of Cards.’
Kevin Spacey and Tucker Carlson have released a bizarre Christmas video, with Spacey acting as his character, Frank Underwood, from ‘House of Cards.’
You’re not totally wrong, and what-ifs are always dangerous…, but Lillyhammer proved the concept years earlier (even if it was co-produced) and Orange is the New Black was a huge hit that went into production the same time House of Cards did. HOC certainly helped cement them as a content powerhouse, but I think it’s a stretch to say it was the only reason other Netflix productions exist.
I didn’t say they were the sole reason. I said “major player”. They were “The Netflix Original” as in the most distinguished. Lilyhammer went unrecognized for far too long and most people don’t even know about it anymore. While OITNB was also a major player in that time period, they didn’t rise to the level of becoming part of the iconic Netflix sound. No other show is engrained into the Netflix brand to such a degree.
That’s all. They aren’t the only reason, but one could argue that if they had failed, executives up top might have rethought the whole “original programming” thing at the time.