Netflix Examines ‘This Blew Up’ Social Media Phenomena In Latest Documentary From ‘The Tinder Swindler’ Producer Raw TV

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is returning to the wellspring of stories in which social media events bleed into real-world consequences.

The streaming service has again teamed with Raw TV, the British production company behind hit film The Tinder Swindler, to make a series with the working title This Blew Up.

Netflix declined to comment on the project, but Deadline understands that production is underway on a five-part series. Raw did not respond to a request for comment.

Each episode of This Blew Up will spotlight a successful company, individual, or event that fell from grace or spiraled out of control, with the linking factor being that the downfall was enabled or escalated by social media.

It is unclear what stories will be featured, but the series will contain elements of drama reconstruction as Netflix explores the social, economic, and cultural factors that led to unforeseen difficulties.

These social media stories have become something of a signature for Raw TV. As well as The Tinder Swindler, the company made The Most Hated Man On The Internet and Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer for Netflix.

The Tinder Swindler, which explored how convicted conman Simon Leviev allegedly duped women, became Netflix’s most-watched doc ever when it debuted in 2022.