Netflix has been doing nostalgia better than just about anyone in recent years.
As the company has leaned into making its own shows, a significant piece of its strategy has been reviving fan favorite series like "Full House,""Arrested Development," and "Gilmore Girls."
In its latest revival, Netflix released the fifth (and second Netflix-original) season of "Arrested Development" last month.
Given Netflix's love of data, a commitment to nostalgia makes sense.
If you can see that people are continuously binge-watching "Gilmore Girls," why not make a new season of it? You already know there's an audience for it. (That seems to have translated into viewership, at least for the first seasons of the "Gilmore Girls" and "Full House" revivals).
But are these revivals any good?
To try and answer that question, we turned to reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, and looked at what the critics had to say. Here's a list of shows Netflix has brought back from the dead, ranked from worst to best in critical reception, along with a short description. We excluded children's shows, and we split the two versions of "Wet Hot American Summer" for clarity.
Nathan McAlone contributed to an earlier version of this post.
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12. "Fuller House"— 33%
Critic rating: 33%
Audience rating: 73%
Previous network: ABC
Netflix description: "The Tanner family's adventures continue as DJ Tanner-Fuller shares a home with her sister Stephanie and friend Kimmy who help raise her three boys."
11. "The Killing" (Season 4) — 47%
Audience rating: 80%
Previous network: AMC
Netflix description: "Seattle homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder are deeply affected by the murders they investigate in this dark, acclaimed crime series."
10. "Arrested Development" (Seasons 4 and 5) — 71%
Audience rating average: 89%
Previous network: Fox
Netflix description: "It's the Emmy-winning story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together."
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