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EXCLUSIVE: Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of Netflix’s taste arena Stranger Things, are group to person nan Visionary Tribute astatine this year’s Gotham Television Awards, taking spot connected Monday, June 1st astatine Cipriani Wall Street successful New York City.
The ceremony’s Visionary Tribute recognizes boundary-pushing activity that will animate nan adjacent procreation of storytellers. The Duffers are being recognized for Stranger Things — a genre-bender that complete its 5 seasons solidified its position arsenic a taste touchstone, wrapping up its tally connected New Year’s Eve 2025.
“With Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer built a world wholly their ain and reimagined nan possibilities of arena storytelling,” said The Gotham Executive Director Jeffrey Sharp. “The Visionary Tribute recognizes boundary-pushing activity that will animate nan adjacent generation, and Matt and Ross person created a defining taste unit that reshaped nan tv landscape. We are proud to observe their singular publication astatine this year’s Gotham Television Awards.”
Stranger Things quickly collapsed retired arsenic 1 of nan astir influential and wide celebrated bid of nan streaming era pursuing its 2016 debut. Blending subject fiction, horror, and coming-of-age drama, nan show follows a group of young friends successful nan fictional municipality of Hawkins, Indiana, arsenic they face supernatural forces and concealed authorities experiments. Earning 12 Emmys from 57 nominations, nan show is 1 of Netflix’s biggest of each time, pinch its 4th play specifically ranking arsenic its 4th astir popular.
Today, nan Duffers unveil nan animated Netflix spin-off bid Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. They precocious exec produced Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen and The Boroughs — 2 of this year’s genre buzz titles successful tv — and past August, they inked a four-year woody making Paramount their caller location successful movie and television.
Additional honorees for nan upcoming Gotham Television Awards will beryllium revealed successful nan coming weeks. Nominees successful competitory categories will beryllium announced connected April 28.
