--- description: Next up is the historical epic Marco Polo title: Netflix Wants to Release Original Shows Every Three Weeks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690e66aa0f1d0222/69876d9cf887dca637e88e44/house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix Wants New Original Content Every Three Weeks by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 3:15 PM CUT  House of Cards, season 2. House of Cards, season 2.Nathaniel E. Bell—Netflix by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 3:15 PM CUT Expect to see a whole lot more “Netflix Originals” like _House of Cards_ or _Orange is the New Black_ in the near future. The company’s long-term goal is to premiere a new original show or season every two and a half weeks, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said at a media conference Monday, _Ad Age_ reports. That would equate to about 20 new shows or seasons per year. Netflix’s pace of releasing new shows is steadily increasing as it invests more in original content. Next on the docket is _Marco Polo_, a big-budget historical epic premiering Dec. 12\. It’s expected to be Netflix’s most expensive series to date. Other upcoming shows include a talk show hosted by Chelsea Handler and a series of superhero shows based on the Marvel universe. Whether any of these upcoming shows will be a hit is an open question. According to research conducted by CBS, less than 10 percent of Netflix viewing is dedicated to its original shows. David Poltrack, CBS’s chief research officer, said the data shows that Netflix’s batting average for making hit shows is worse than traditional networks, [the New York _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/business/media/at-a-conference-research-shows-netflix-is-upending-tv-business.html?smid=tw-share "undefined"). \[[_Ad Age_](http://adage.com/article/media/netflix-debut-shows-seasons-weeks/296133/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3625164/netflix-originals-three-weeks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3625164/netflix-originals-three-weeks/"},"headline":"Netflix Wants New Original Content Every Three Weeks","datePublished":"2014-12-09T15:15:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:53.366Z","description":"Next up is the historical epic Marco Polo","url":"https://time.com/3625164/netflix-originals-three-weeks/","keywords":["Tech","Netflix","Media","streaming"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690e66aa0f1d0222/69876d9cf887dca637e88e44/house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690e66aa0f1d0222/69876d9cf887dca637e88e44/house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"house-of-cards","caption":"House of Cards, season 2.","creditText":"Nathaniel E. Bell—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3625164/netflix-originals-three-weeks/","name":"Netflix Wants New Original Content Every Three Weeks"}}]}] ```