Netflix Pivots to Weekly Release Schedule for Two Unscripted Hits

Streamer sets 'Reality Wednesdays' with Season 2 of The Circle, Too Hot to Handle

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Netflix changed the entertainment game nearly a decade ago by releasing entire seasons of its original programming all in one day. But beginning next month, the company will try a more traditional scheduling approach by programming weekly Wednesday releases for the sophomore seasons of two popular unscripted programming hits.

Beginning Wednesday April 14, the streamer will drop the first four Season 2 episodes of The Circle, in which contestants compete with one another and try to influence others through a social media platform.

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