Why Chelsea Handler chose Netflix over TV — fortune.com

When Chelsea Handler left her nightly talk show last fall, she had plenty of options. She could have taken a host job at a late night network talk show, or starred in a sitcom. Instead, she signed a contract with Netflix. In 2016, the comedian will create a thrice-weekly comedy show for the streaming service. Netflix, she said on stage at the Code/Media conference in Laguna Niguel today, was the only option. “They just get it. They get who you are,” she said. A telling detail: She was surprised to find that Netflix had plastered Sunset Boulevard with billboards advertising her standup special, “Uganda Be Kidding Me.”

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