Netflixs Worst Ever docuseries is expanding to add in-laws and friends

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Set us as preferred Blumhouse Television will continue to explore the terrors of real-life monsters by expanding its “Worst Ever” franchise with “In-Laws” and “Friends.”The true-crime docuseries streams on Netflix and is co-produced by ITV America; in addition to the new themes, the franchise will also bring back “Worst Neighbor Ever” for a second season.“Worst Ever” will continue to be victim-driven, giving the people who suffered through these horrific situations the opportunity to tell their own stories, a process that’s usually not allowed when the cases are going through the court system, said Cynthia Childs, a producer and director on the series.“A lot of times, headlines, news stories — they can actually be wrong, they can be missing a lot of the context,” Childs said.“We focus on cases that have been adjudicated … the facts of the case are known at that point.”The docuseries have been a hit for Netflix — each previous installment of “Worst Ever,” which include themes about ex-partners, neighbors and roommates, has reached the top 10 on the streaming service and in Nielsen ratings for TV shows.

The franchise has been in the Netflix global top 10 for a total of 17 weeks and a total of 13 weeks in the Nielsen streaming originals top 10 since 2022.Gretchen Palek, head of alternative at Blumhouse Television, attributes the show’s success to the careful and sensitive approach to telling these terrifying experiences while highlighting real-life universal anxieties.“The fear of not knowing who someone is, the fear of not knowing who to trust, and the fear of danger hiding in plain sight,” she said.“I think the franchise is compelling because these are not distant or unimaginable threats.

They’re people in relationships that we can sort of all recognize, and the horror comes fr...