This weekend is going to completely upend Netflix and crown a new flagship franchise for the streaming service to usurp Stranger Things . For years now, a few shows have led Netflix's catalog in terms of popularity. Some shows will often get big for a few weeks, like The Hunting Wives , but they don't begin entire franchises of their own. Shows like Stranger Things and Squid Game , however, have become cultural phenomena.

But, Squid Game season 3's ending marked the end of the show, and Stranger Things season 5 will be its last installment. Ongoing shows like Wednesday are still big players, but there will soon be a huge power vacuum at Netflix. After this weekend, however, Netflix may be ready to declare its new flagship franchise, and it may be ready to assert its

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