Netflix Orders 'The Corrections' Limited Series Starring Meryl Streep

Key Points:

• Netflix has secured the rights to adapt Jonathan Franzen’s bestselling novel The Corrections into a limited TV series, with Meryl Streep attached to star as the matriarch Enid and Franzen himself adapting the book.
• The series, directed by Oscar winner Cord Jefferson, received a straight-to-series order from Netflix, outbidding Paramount+ and other competitors in a notable reversal of recent bidding trends between the two companies.
• The Corrections will be part of Netflix’s expanding prestige drama slate overseen by VP Nora Skinner, reflecting the streamer’s strategic focus on high-profile, award-caliber scripted content.
• The project originated at the now-defunct Paramount Television Studios and marks the second Netflix series order from this source, following the Little House On the Prairie reboot; the production unit has undergone several restructurings following corporate mergers.
• Meryl Streep, an Emmy winner for previous limited series roles, will also executive produce alongside Franzen, Jefferson, and others, while Jefferson brings significant acclaim as an Oscar and Emmy-winning writer and director.