Netflix offering fake countdown to trick kids on New Year’s Eve

For parents with small children, staying awake for the countdown into the new year can be anywhere from challenging to virtually impossible. The streaming service Netflix has a solution to this issue this year, offering an on demand countdown that can be used at the parental discretion.

Netflix conducted a Wakefield Research survey to gauge how many parents were planning to spend New Year’s Eve with their children and how many were not, and fond that a high 87 percent of parents were planning on keeping it in the family this year.

As it is, an estimated 34 percent of parents with small children trick their youngsters into thinking it is later than it is so that they will get to sleep well before midnight rolls around.

Netflix decided to create a specific way of making that process easier, which is a three minute countdown that will be hosted by King Julien, an animated character from the Netflix original show All Hail King Julien.

The show will feature a variety of the lemming characters from the show, and it is available for streaming from Dec. 29 onward.

Netflix is opening itself up to the opportunity of becoming even more kid friendly than it is already, and this move is clearly another step in the process.

This year alone, two million subscribers of the service have streamed 70 different children televisions shows that Netflix currently offers.

Netflix is continuously making changes to the shows and films that they offer, and the new year is no exception. New titles available for streaming in 2015 include the entire ten year library of the show Friends, and films Mean Girls, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, and 101 Dalmatians.

Netflix will also be debuting a few new original series into the lineup, to follow major successes such as Orange is the New Black and House of Cards.

The comedy The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was originally developed for NBC and stars Ellie Kempler as a woman who recently broke free of a cult and moves to New York.

Bloodline comes from the same creative team that made Damages for the FX, while Sense8 draws similarities to the show Lost both in plot and in casting choices.

Due in May is Daredevil, a superhero drama that was created alongside Marvel. Krysten Ritter will play an ex superhero in A.K.A. Jessica Jones, a show with a yet to be announced start date.

F is For Family will be of the animated variety, for developed exclusively for adults based on the standup comedy of Bill Burr. Between is the first original show where Netflix has partnered with a Canadian network, and explores what would happen to the world if everyone died off besides those aged 21 and under.

Lastly, Grace and Frankie will star Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, a comedy written by the creator of Friends Marta Kauffman.

More undisclosed children’s programs are expected to be debuted in the new year, and in 2016 Netflix will attempt the first talk show of the original lot, bringing Chelsea Handler onto the scene.

So far Netflix has not had to cancel any original shows to the streaming site for lack of interest.

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