It all comes down to the Third season just released of Netflix’s Never Have I EverThere are some things that make this TV comedy for teens stand out.
The new season has just been released on the streaming site, Friday, August 12. Even so, this show from executive producer Mindy Kaling immediately rocketed all the way to the #1 spot on Netflix’s US-based Top 10 TV show chart. That’s a daily ranking, compiled and maintained inside the Netflix app, as distinguished from the weekly Top 10 charts published every Tuesday that cover the platform’s global user base.
As a side note, Never Have I Ever — a coming-of-age comedy about the complicated life of a modern-day, first-generation Indian American teenage girl — has also notched another impressive win.
Never Have I EverSeason 3 on Netflix
The final season of the series will see it get one more season. It will also ensure that Never Have I EverIt is rare that a Netflix show avoids being cancelled so early. This makes it past the third season. Because, as we’ve seen more often than not, Netflix’s original series can’t always say that anymore.
Heck, some shows don’t even make it past the first season (like the recently canceled First Kill).
Never Have I EverMaitreyi RAMakrishnan plays Devi. She’s an overachieving high school student with more or less the same problem that most students face. A desire to improve her social status — but friends, family, and feelings, of course, keep getting in the way.
According to Netflix’s global TV head Bela Bajaria, the show is being produced. “everything we want in a Netflix comedy series: Authentic, specific, funny, and full of heart. I love that a story I relate to so deeply — about a young, Indian-American girl — hits on so many universal truths that resonate with just about everyone.”
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Review and reaction
On Rotten TomatoesThe new season of Never Have I EverBased on 12 reviews so, currently the score is 92%. This one is a good example.From the AV ClubThe series has been praised by. “One of the streamer’s most entertaining and heartfelt offerings to date.”
On the audience side, the rating is similarly strong — if only just slightly lower. At the time of writing, Season 3 was at 3. Never Have I EverScore stands at 85%. That’s based on 48 user ratings as of the time of this writing.
“Even though some decisions might look harsh at first,”One of the most recent user reviews is opines. “the third season somehow manages to keep the brilliance of the show, all while bringing these characters to new places as we see them growing up and maturing. Thanks to the light, funny and sometimes heartbreaking but always great writing.”
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