Even television’s most in-demand multi-hyphenates can’t go it alone. In fact, as the creators behind some of Netflix’s flashiest series attest, the secret to success often lies in leaning on the expertise of those around them. That was a major theme during a conversation at Netflix & Deadline…

Matt Duffer, creator, showrunner and executive producer of Stranger Things along with brother Ross, didn’t specifically cite Backrooms or Obsession on Monday in accepting a career honor at the Gotham TV Awards. But the two YouTube-driven smashes seemed to be on his mind as he addressed the crowd…

Editor's note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features standout drama series scripts in 2026 Emmy contention. By the time that it finally premiered last year, Stranger Things 5 was all but certain to be one of the biggest television events of the decade. Nearly 10 years after the comparatively…

TV fanatics may have spent plenty time venting frustration as they waited for the latest season of their favorite show to drop, but this might not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Ampere Analysis. New research from the firm has found that what it terms the “Stranger Things effect” was by…

The cast and creators of Stranger Things 5 turned up at Hollywood Forever Cemetery recently to discuss the final season of the supernatural Netflix series — an apt location for a group that is very familiar dealing with the otherworldly. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer were joined by executive…

During a Thursday FYC event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the tables were turned on the elder statesman of Stranger Things, David Harbour, as he was asked what he learned from his younger castmates on the Netflix thriller-drama series. “Uh, nothing,” he joked at first, before describing the…

Now that Stranger Things has crossed the finish line, some of the stars recently called out the Duffer Brothers for their texting etiquette. On Thursday, Will Byers actor Noah Schnapp brought up his “unanswered” text messages to the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, while discussing the…

Stranger Things has marked a lot of firsts for Netflix: it became the first original series to become a global hit and cultural phenomenon, the first series owned by the streamer and the first title Netflix was able to turn into a licensing bonanza with a slew of consumer product deals. Now the…

Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton has swapped the Upside Down for The Garrison. Netflix and the BBC have unveiled a first look image of Heaton and revealed he will play Tommy Shelby’s eldest son Charles Shelby in Steven Knight's Peaky Blinders sequel series. Heaton’s character had proved a…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaten Matarazzo, who excelled as fast-talking Dustin Henderson on smash-hit Netflix sci-fi horror drama Stranger Things, will make his London stage debut in an exciting revival of Jonathan Larson's landmark musical Rent, which will premiere at the West End in the fall, Deadline can…

David Harbour’s Chief Jim Hopper is a key figure in Stranger Things‘ fictitious town of Hawkins, Indiana, eventually coming to serve as surrogate father to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and helping to unravel the central sci-fi mystery of the Upside Down. However, the twice Emmy-nominated actor was not…

EXCLUSIVE: The nominations are out for the 2026 Golden Trailer Awards, and Disney nearly lapped the field among distributors with a staggering 144 noms, led by FX’s Alien: Earth with eight. But the company doesn’t boast the project with the single biggest haul — that would be IT: Welcome to Derry…