Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj – Image: Netflix
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj can be ending its profitable run at Netflix and turn into the most recent discuss present to face the axe on the service. Quantity 6 will function the ultimate season for the present with season 7 of the Netflix discuss present axed.
Netflix continues to be unproven within the discuss present sport with Patriot Act, in our opinion, being the service’s greatest try at nailing the format to this point.
New episodes launched on a weekly foundation with Hasan Minhaj, most identified beforehand for his work on The Every day Present presenting.
COVID-19 severely disrupted the sixth quantity of the sequence that was initially as a consequence of tape in New York and air in March and April however finally got here in its slimmed-down “do business from home” format for season 6 in May 2020.
Hasan confirmed the information of the cancellation on August 18th, 2020 with him posting on Twitter thanking Netflix for the run and saying that the sequence “has come to an finish.”
What a run. @patriotact has come to an finish. I started working with the very best writers, producers, researchers, and animators within the sport. My 2 infants have been born and grew up with the present. TY to @Netflix and everybody who watched. Now it’s time to return these screens to Greatest Purchase 😎 pic.twitter.com/4s4TrsKWe6
— Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) August 18, 2020
Patriot Act ends with six volumes and 40 episodes below its belt with all nonetheless streaming on Netflix. That’s far in need of Chelsea Handler’s discuss present that ran on Netflix from 2016 with 120 episodes launched in complete however the caveat there being that solely a small choice of episode stay on Netflix.
Might the sequence reside on as a YouTube channel?
The sequence was one of many first Netflix exhibits to essentially lean into its YouTube channel. As with most late-night exhibits, massive segments are uploaded to the video platform without cost.
The channel itself is among the most profitable channels Netflix operates. In July 2020, with principally new clips of quantity 6, the channel amassed over 26 million views in a single month.
Patriot Act YouTube stats – Image: SocialBlade
Whether or not the sequence might have a brand new lease of life sooner or later is but to be seen. It’d require a whole lot of rights negotiations however actually, a slimmed-down YouTube output might be good.
The most well-liked YouTube video the channel has launched to this point has picked up 5.2M views overlaying the Indian Election.
Hasan himself has been engaged on different tasks lately. His HBO Max look the place he was interviewed by Megan Papinoe is now obtainable on the brand new fledgeling streaming service.
You’ll be able to nonetheless discover Hasan Minhaj in a variety of different locations on Netflix. His 2017 stand-up particular Homecoming King continues to be obtainable and he’s additionally appeared on Netflix’s The Remaining Desk, Comedians in Automobiles Getting Espresso and Arrested Improvement in a small cameo position.
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