Former Marvel TV head praises Daredevil: Born Again, but says don't call the Defenders the "Netflix" heroes: "I'm not sure if anything like that has happened before – especially across two networks"

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Jeph Loeb opens up about the inclusion of Daredevil and the Defenders heroes in the MCU

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From 2010 to 2020, writer and producer Jeph Loeb served as the head of Marvel Television, shepherding the six Marvel series that aired on Netflix – Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, and Punisher. With Matt Murdock and some of his Defenders compatriots now joining the MCU, Loeb has opened up about his opinion on Daredevil: Born Again, citing the show's revival on Disney Plus as a unique and special moment in television.

"I'm very happy for all my friends – actors, writers, directors, stunt folks, crew and everybody else who worked on all those shows and killed it – that they get to continue to honor those roles. I'm not sure if anything like that has happened before – particularly on two different networks," Loeb tells Newsarama.

"One thing that I'd love to clear up – while it's an easy shorthand to call them the 'Netflix' heroes – the plain truth is Netflix was our network. They aired the shows that then Marvel Television created, produced, wrote, cast, shot, edited, scored, etc. – hours and hours of some of the most brilliant people who worked on those shows for Marvel TV," says Loeb. "It was such an incredible team who have since gone out there and made names for themselves on nearly every other network/streaming service as executives/writers/producers – the works! Those folks are the real heroes of those six series!"

George Marston
George Marston
Entertainment Writer

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011, and now I'm the Entertainment Writer at GamesRadar+. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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