'Monster': Ryan Murphy Anthology Series Renewed for Two

The thriller series is set to reach 1 billion view hours in the coming weeks.

True Crime lovers and lovers can have a good time. After the immense achievement of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Netflix introduced nowadays that the anthology collection is moving forward with as a minimum  seasons. Just like the first season, the upcoming  installments are set to chronicle the lifestyles of serial killers who have made a big bad effect on society. The names of the criminals whose stories may be blanketed in the approaching episodes haven’t been disclosed.

Netflix refers to Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story as “report-breaking,” and the numbers appear to verify it. According to Netflix itself, the primary season of the series is projected to reach the landmark variety of one billion view hours in coming weeks. So far, the show has accrued over 900 million view hours, which makes it one of the most-watched English-language shows to most desirable on the streamer ever.

The two-season order turned into introduced at the side of a 2d season for The Watcher, any other traumatic thriller series that premiered on Netflix in mid-October. In an legitimate statement, head of Global TV at Netflix Bela Bajaria celebrated the achievement of both series and praised the series creators’ work:

“Audiences can’t take their eyes off ‘Monster’ and ‘The Watcher’. The creative team of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan on Monster along with Eric Newman on ‘The Watcher’ are masterful storytellers who captivated audiences all over the world. The back-to-back force of these two series is due to Ryan’s distinct original voice which created cultural sensations and we are thrilled to continue telling stories in the Monster and Watcher universes.”

The Monster and Murphy-Brennan Legacy at Netflix

As Bajaria indicated, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was created with the aid of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, each of whom evolved other shows for Netflix, including Hollywood, The Politician, and Ratched. The renewal statement isn’t sudden: Back in October, the streamer had already introduced that each Monster and The Watcher were attaining sky-high viewing numbers.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’s achievement comes with its percentage of controversy, though: The display has sparked dialogue approximately its profiting off real-lifestyles tragedies, and lots of have pointed out the reality that the collection may want to do better in relation to representing Dahmer’s victims. If Murphy and Netflix take that complaint and work on bringing collectively extra nuanced destiny installments of Monster, we’ll ought to be patient.