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Lifetime renewed the Penn Badgley starrer for a second season but reversed course following low ratings. Netflix will air the Warner Bros. TV series as an original for season two.

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00:00If I just keep being the perfect boyfriend, you'll realize I'm not a maybe. I'm the one.

00:09Even if you haven't binged it yet, you've likely heard and seen the memes about the

00:13internet's new favorite show, You on Netflix. Before hitting Netflix, the stalker drama

00:18starring Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley first debuted on Lifetime back in September to

00:23good reviews, so why are we just hearing about it now? Let's get into it.

00:27The series counts prolific hitmaker Greg Berlanti as an executive producer and centers on Joe,

00:32played by Badgley, an obsessive stalker with a flair for the dramatic who utilizes social media

00:37to make the woman of his dreams fall for him.

00:39You have questionable taste in friends. A guy needs to protect himself.

00:44So here's how it ended up on Netflix. Lifetime showed early confidence in You and renewed the drama

00:50for a second season well before its debut. Then, Netflix quickly picked up streaming rights.

00:55But despite promising reviews, You had a challenging time cutting through the clutter on Lifetime,

01:00drawing only a live viewership of just over 600,000. Lifetime reversed course on a second season,

01:05and Netflix swooped in to take first-run rights to season two, weeks before the streaming giant

01:10even had any idea how the show would perform on its platform.

01:14Love is tricky.

01:16Since Netflix debuted season one on December 26th, You has taken social media by storm.

01:21The streaming service has embraced the memeable nature of You, even changing the Netflix US Twitter bio to

01:27passively aggressively calling guys named Joe Joseph since 1998,

01:32in reference to the tense relationship between Joe and Beck's best friend, Peach.

01:36She's lucky she has me. Beck rarely knows what's best for her.

01:42So why is the internet latched onto the show? According to THR contributor Rosie Knight,

01:46it makes sense that in an age of Me Too and Time's Up, a show that highlights toxic masculinity

01:51and explores the line between romance and obsession would find a home, especially on a platform like

01:56Twitter where so many of those movements and conversations began.

01:59I've read people wrong in the past.

02:04Are you following me?

02:06For more on the Netflix show You, head to THR.com and be sure to tweet me and let me know if you,

02:10not the show, you, have been watching. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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