Netflix renews Any individual Feed Phil for a nigh-unprecedented seventh season
It’s a usually accepted little bit of knowledge lately that Netflix reveals don’t final. The streamer more-or-less runs on churn at this level, with even probably the most profitable of reveals tending to faucet out at about three seasons, all the higher to get replaced with one thing new (and, normally, cheaper).
Thus our shock (though not an sad one) at information this weekend that the service has renewed Phil Rosenthal’s charming, good-natured meals/journey present Somebody Feed Phil for an almost unprecedented seventh season on the air. For those who haven’t seen the present, the entire idea is just about proper there within the title: Rosenthal (who made his title in TV because the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) wanders the planet, after which folks feed him. Repeat every episode (together with time for Rosenthal to have a cellphone name with one in all his well-known buddies to speak about his day, a job that was beforehand stuffed by his dad and mom, earlier than their deaths).
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Any individual Feed Phil | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix
Rosenthal’s been within the “wander the planet together with your mouth open whereas cameras movie you” sport for absolutely eight years now, having originated the idea on PBS with I’ll Have What Phil’s Having. It’s not onerous to see why the present has continued for thus lengthy, both: Rosenthal is a fascinating host, approaching every metropolis, dish, and particular person he meets with sport enthusiasm. (Additionally, it doesn’t seem to be it’s an particularly expensive present to make, which in all probability doesn’t harm.) No phrase but on which cities can be shoving meals in his head for the present’s subsequent season, though in his most recent outing, he toured Philadelphia, Croatia, Chile, and extra; the present’s producers additionally not too long ago launched a e-book, Any individual Feed Phil: The Ebook, which collects anecdotes, pictures, and—most significantly—recipes from his travels across the globe.
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