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Netflix has ordered Black Excellence, the first series to come from its partnership with Kenya Barris, who will write and star in the single-camera comedy alongside Rashida Jones.

Netflix has ordered an as-yet-untitled Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt interactive special, working with creators and executive producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.

Netflix has entered into a multiyear first-look deal with multihyphenate Regina King, who recently won an Academy Award for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk.

Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has unveiled its initial slate of upcoming projects, including a feature film adaptation of author David W. Blight's Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Netflix is planning to offer another $2 billion in senior notes to fund, among other things, content acquisitions, production and development.

Netflix has ordered a new half-hour limited comedy series that will both star and be executive produced by Mike Myers.

Netflix's first-quarter revenues rose by 22 percent to $4.5 billion, with the platform announcing its highest quarterly paid net additions, of 9.6 million, a 16-percent year-on-year gain.

Netflix has entered into a multiyear overall deal with producer, director and choreographer Kenny Ortega, best known for directing Disney’s High School Musical franchise.

Netflix has ordered a new coming-of-age comedy series from The Mindy Project creator and star Mindy Kaling.

Netflix has lined up a new live-action interactive series, You vs. Wild, in which viewers join survival expert Bear Grylls on adventures all over the world.