Netflix established itself with elite Hollywood creators like Martin Scorsese and Shonda Rhimes in part by offering them freedom to tell stories with little prodding or pushback by the company's development execs.
Business Insider spoke with 10 people who developed or worked on shows for Quibi, including four who were actively involved in productions at the time. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not have permission to speak about Quibi's productions. "There are notes and then there are Quibi notes," one development exec working with a Quibi partner said. "Quibi from the start of an idea, to the title of the show, to the set design, color scheme, pixels in the graphics — I don't know that there was a detail that Quibi isn't involved in."