The Duffer Brothers, creators of Netflix’s hit. show “Stranger Things,” are set to receive the Variety Showrunner Award at the 13th annual SCAD TVfest. The festival will return in Atlanta from Feb. 5 to Feb. 7.

The Duffers write, direct, and are executive producers on the series, which is Netflix’s most popular English-language series of all time. The series wrapped production on its fifth and final season in December 2024 and will return later this year.

“I wish we could have 11 seasons of ‘Stranger Things.’ My world — not to mention my kids’ world — has been turned upside down by this groundbreaking Netflix series launched back in 2016,” said Variety TV editor Michael Schneider. “And behind this funny, scary, wild trip back to the 1980s have been the Duffer Brothers. They’ve made me care for Hopper and Joyce, root for Mike and Eleven, relate to Dustin and Lucas — and of course, fear the Demogorgon, the Mind Flayer, Vecna and, yes, the Soviets. I’ll be running up that hill for Season 5 when it finally returns this year.