So Netflix decided to renew ‘Emily In Paris’ of all shows and the announcement quickly copped a heap of ridicule from fans.

The streaming giant hasn’t exactly had the greatest of track records when it comes to cancelling and renewing shows. Case in point: cancelling the critically-acclaimed GLOW when its final season was in the middle of production while renewing 13 Reasons Why twice.

Anyway, so Netflix decided to renew its trashy (as per French critics, not me) series Emily In Paris today and that decision quickly resulted in a classic internet dogpile.

Firstly there was the announcement from Netflix, which involved a video of the show’s titular character getting a “letter” telling her she will be spending more time in Paris (to the chagrin of French people).

Now this in itself isn’t that bad – it’s no cringier than the show itself. The thing that triggered the internet was Netflix’s follow up tweet reminding folks that “Emily in Paris is supposed to be pronounced with a French accent so ‘Emily’ and ‘Paris’ rhyme.”

Hoo boy.

Needless to say that the internet quickly jumped on this pretentious (yet in-character) Emily In Paris tweet from Netflix and roasted the hell out of the streaming giant.

It also saw the birth of a new “your Emily In Paris name” meme, which is admittedly pretty funny.

Some folks were utterly pissed at Netflix’s decision to renew Emily In Paris while cancelling other objectively better shows like the aforementioned GLOW, The Society, Teenage Bounty Hunters, and Santa Clarita Diet.

https://twitter.com/sterlingsabril/status/1326566451382267907

Now having said all that, there are some folks who are defending Netflix’s decision to renew Emily In Paris because it’s enjoyable, fun entertainment. Some people enjoy trash so let them enjoy this sort of highly-polished trash goddamn it.

https://twitter.com/ranyamanivannan/status/1326451268374552576

You know what, that’s totally fair enough. We all need a bit of escapism from the hellhole that is 2020 and Emily In Paris is the perfect serving of trashy TV to do it. And the bottom line is that the show got enough views for Netflix to justify renewal so there’s that to take into account.

It doesn’t mean I can’t get mad at Netflix for cancelling GLOW though.

Either way, we likely won’t be seeing Emily doing her thing in Paris (again) for some time since the pandemic means filming is nigh impossible for the foreseeable future so folks who need their trashy TV fix will have to get it somewhere else.

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