Tim Robinson Fans Demand to Know Why Netflix Isn’t Streaming ‘The Detroiters’ As Scheduled
Robinson’s sleeper hit sitcom was supposed to start streaming today
I Think You Should Leave creator and Saturday Night Live alumnus Tim Robinson’s passionate and watchful fan base is quickly evolving into an angry mob heading right towards Netflix — you’d think they canceled Coffin Flop or something.
When Robinson left the cast and writing staff of SNL in 2016, he didn’t have quite the rabid cult following that he enjoys today, but that began to change as soon as he started his first post-SNL project with his fellow Second City veteran and Michigan native Sam Richardson. Together with Robinson’s regular writing partner Zach Kanin and longtime TV writer Joe Kelly, Robinson and Richardson pitched Comedy Central on an off-beat sitcom set in Detroit, shot in Detroit and starring two of the most prominent Detroit-area comedians on TV — Robinson and Richardson, of course.
Though The Detroiters only ran for two seasons, the continued rise of Robinson and Richardson in the TV comedy industry in the years following its cancellation has caused a resurgence in attention paid towards the best friends’ silly, charming and entirely local sitcom, a trend on which Robinson’s partners at Netflix planned to capitalize by bringing the series to their streaming service earlier today.
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However, and despite announcing their acquisition of The Detroiters weeks in advance, as of publication, Netflix still is not streaming the underappreciated series. If that wasn’t bad enough, according to many of Robinson’s fans, the streamer is even scrubbing posts about the series from their social media accounts:
On The Detroiters, Robinson and Richardson play a pair of best friends and next-door-neighbors who take over Robinson’s family advertising business after his father steps down, producing hilariously low-budget commercials for local businesses while navigating their personal and professional lives with the same high degree of childish confidence.
To be fair to Netflix, October 15th isn’t over yet, so there’s still time for the streamer to fulfill their promise to the impassioned and intense followings of The Detroiters, Robinson and Richardson respectively. However, if the superfans are correct and Netflix is removing advertisements and announcements regarding the series from their official accounts, something may be seriously wrong, and subscribers may have to wait a little while longer to enjoy the most slept-on sitcom in the history of The Great Lakes State.
In the meantime, The Detroiters is still streaming on Paramount+, so anyone with access to a free trial should try to calm down so that their face isn’t beet-red for their family photos later.
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