Netflix Acquires Brat TV's YA Series 'Sunshine Girls'
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- Netflix acquired YA series Sunshine Girls from Brat TV, setting a December 2026 premiere window for the coming-of-age show.
- Sunshine Girls stars Alma Marian as Olivia, Isabella Fowler as Taylor, and Erin Rose Park as Riley, following a New York transplant navigating freshman year at Valley High in suburban California.
- Rob Fishman and Nuria Anson created and executive produce the series, with writing from Elisabeth Rogge, Mary Lambert, and Gavin Laing, and Allex Tarr directing.
- Brat TV, a division of ZATV and the digital studio behind Chicken Girls and Zoe Valentine, brings over 5.5 million YouTube subscribers to the Netflix pipeline.
- Netflix also unveiled supernatural gothic romance Sid & Zoey from Jon Kasdan, John Shiban, Blumhouse Atomic Monster, and Bad Robot in the same announcement window.
- The YA slate rollout follows Netflix's End of Summer Bash, which featured casts from My Life With the Walter Boys and teased upcoming series Crew Girl, The Sticks, and The Body.
Why it matters: Netflix is converting digital-native teen IP into its YA pipeline by pulling Brat TV's YouTube-native audience (5.5 million subscribers) onto the platform, while stacking the December slate alongside Blumhouse and Bad Robot's gothic *Sid & Zoey* — signaling the streamer is treating the YA demographic as a content arm, not a niche.
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