‘The Diplomat’ Renewed For Season 5 At Netflix

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGood news for fans of The Diplomat: Netflix has picked it up for a fifth season, just fourteen days after season four dropped.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith me is Prudence Alderkamp, who bills four thousand dollars an hour. Prudence, why renew so fast?

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   Prudence AlderkampAt a high level, momentum.

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   Prudence AlderkampSeason four opened with four point eight million views, in line with season three, and a steady number is a number you bill against.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt reached number three on the global top ten and entered the top ten in sixty-three countries. Is that the plan working?

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   Prudence AlderkampYes. Although, at a lower level, creator Debora Cahn told Deadline she has a plan for where the characters end up.

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   Prudence AlderkampShe doesn't know how long the plan is.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA plan with no length. That's the first thing you tell a client, isn't it?

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   Prudence AlderkampIt's the only thing we tell a client. This letter has no end date, and the end date is the part that costs money.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKate resigned as ambassador at the G7 and Hal walked out behind her. How do you write season five after that?

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    Prudence AlderkampPhased. Phase one, they're unemployed. Phase two, a footnote on page forty, they're unemployed with a new prime minister played by Jodie Whittaker.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNetflix says cast, schedule and release date come later. So you're hired and nobody knows for what.

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    Prudence AlderkampNow you understand my industry.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut did you watch the show?

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    Prudence AlderkampI reviewed a summary of a summary. Four hours, billed.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRating the plan: six seasons out of ten, pending scope.

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    Prudence AlderkampSeason six is already scheduled. It's called Phase Two.