Netflix Orders ‘Prep’ YA Drama by Nicole Taylor — SkimNews
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- Netflix gave Prep a straight-to-series order as a half-hour adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s bestselling debut novel, after developing the project internally.
- Nicole Taylor is writer and showrunner and will executive produce with Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions, as well as Sittenfeld; the writers’ room is slated to open in January.
- Prep follows scholarship girl Lee Fiora through her high-school years at Ault, a prestigious New England boarding school, as she navigates friendship, crushes and class among privileged classmates.
- HBO previously tried to adapt the novel as a comedy with Colleen McGuinness and Carolyn Strauss, but that effort did not move forward; Netflix’s half-hour adaptation is explicitly a drama, with One Day episodes cited at 19–38 minutes.
- Curtis Sittenfeld called the nearly 22-year wait worthwhile, after Random House published her debut novel Prep in January 2005.
- Prep joins Netflix’s upcoming YA slate with The Sticks, The Body, Poser and Sid & Zoey.
- Netflix’s YA titles have generated more than 10.4 billion global views since H1 2023, when it began releasing comprehensive viewership information; Wednesday and Stranger Things occupy four spots on its most-popular English-language series list, at Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 6.
Why it matters: Netflix has moved *Prep* directly into series development, with a writers’ room due to open in January, after HBO’s comedy attempt failed to advance. The project adds a class-conscious YA drama to a slate whose titles have drawn more than 10.4 billion global views since H1 2023.
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