Key Highlights
- Hawley displayed a chart showing a dramatic decline in American-made film production, but Sarandos noted that the stats were of Los Angeles, not nationwide.
- Like other lawmakers, Hawley expressed concerns over the impact of the transaction on the labor market, and tried to press him on the payment of residuals.
- Related Stories Cancellations and Renewals 'A Man On The Inside' Renewed For Season 3 By Netflix News Salish Matter & Dad Jordan Ink Creative Partnership With Netflix “You have been routinely accused of compressing and reducing residuals,” Hawley said.
- Watch on Deadline Sarandos said that it was a “very complicated answer,” and pointed to upcoming union contract negotiations.
- The senator also pressed Sarandos on Netflix content, asking him, “Why is it that so much of Netflix content for children promotes a transgender ideology?” Sarandos said that the company has “no political agenda of any kind.” Hawley continued to press him, claiming that Netflix’s children’s programming was “so full of a highly sexualized, highly controversial, agenda.” Sarandos, though, said that Hawley was “inaccurate.” “We have millions of hours of children’s programming…we feature a wide variety of stories and programs to meet a wide variety of people’s taste.” Sarandos said that Netflix has “state of the art tools” for parents to manage choices and block any title they may be offended by.
