Overview
- Viewers can rate acts during the broadcast using TV remotes or the Netflix mobile app, with one vote per Netflix profile and no voting on web browsers.
- The five‑week, nine‑episode event airs live Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET, hosted by Anthony Anderson with judges Chrissy Teigen, Jelly Roll and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the finale on Feb. 17 will be decided solely by the public.
- Producers say audience scores carry significant weight during the run — accounting for half of results — as votes are collected in timed windows and displayed within the episode.
- Netflix built the system from years of interactive R&D, including Bandersnatch‑era tech, covert trials in Dinner Time Live, and a production tool called Pollster, and the company says it plans to use the capability for more live formats.
- Coverage of the premiere noted smooth voting execution and some criticism of pacing and judging, while Deadline reported one magic segment was pre‑recorded for technical reasons and social posts questioned how “live” parts of the show were — claims not verified by Netflix or producers.