Netflix to let eight comedians do whatever they want in new sketch show

One of the most exciting advantages of Netflix’s lack of traditional corporate sponsors is that its shows and movies should—in theory—have the freedom to do whatever they want. Taking that freedom to its extreme, Netflix is now forcing some some people to do whatever they want with The Characters, an upcoming sketch comedy show. The basic setup of The Characters is that Netflix gave eight comedians each an episode to fill with whatever kind of wacky sketch stuff they wanted to do, and the press release points out that there were “no rules” and “no limits” for how they did this.