Every Upcoming Netflix Original Series Of 2017 - Ranked By Anticipation

26. 13 Reasons Why - Season 1

Netflix 2017
Penguin

Based on Jay Asher's Novel of the same name, the show is being adapted for TV by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Brian Yorkey, and run by him and Emmy-nominated writer and producer Diana Son.

The show will tell the story of Hannah Baker, a young girl who commits suicide. Her classmate Clay receives a box of cassette tapes after her death, which explains to twelve of her peers how they each played a role in her death, and gives thirteen reasons why she took her own life.

It's an interesting, if pretty heavy, premise, and Tom McCarthy (who helmed the excellent Spotlight) is directing the first two episodes.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.