Series Business
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Zone-Out TV Is Becoming Big Business
Fireplaces, nature scenes: Samsung, Disney and YouTube find audience and money in shows barely meant to be watched
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Cindy Holland Out: Who’s Next as Hollywood Winter Arrives
Even long-surviving C-suiters won’t escape the cuts
Latest Series Business stories
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Harlan Coben’s Netflix Rules: Ignore Data, Forget Prestige
The thriller king behind 13 Netflix shows, including its fifth-most-watched series, never lets numbers change a plot point
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TV in 3: Leaked Disney Memo Warns of ‘Much Smaller Organization’
Stop ‘clinging to the [old] way,’ says an ominous email. Plus: Netflix’s new YA star showrunner; Nkechi Okoro Carroll as ‘All American’ ends
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SCOOP: U.S. Film and TV Credit Likely Lands in House Thursday
I’ve learned the push for a federal production tax credit is moving rapidly toward legislation. Here’s what’s at stake
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Paramount-WBD’s Corporate Blood Sport About to Start: 5 Burning Qs
The layoffs, Bloys-Holland showdown, 50 cable networks, a streaming pileup — and showrunners already eyeing the exits
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SCOOP: Federal Incentive Bill Could Come Next Week
Sources confirm accelerated timeline after Hollywood’s Capitol Hill charm offensive
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TV in 3: Paramount’s L.A. Exit Threat — Insiders Aren’t Buying It
Plus, broadcast’s fall premiere fizzle — and Felicia Pride on using beloved IP to get a new Black YA show made
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Apple TV Wins, HBO Humbled, Netflix at No. 3: Emmys Expose Streaming’s Divide
‘Widow’s Bay’ won 14 times despite being the least-watched comedy nominee, as the trio bet on very different futures
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Mr. Darcy for Less: BritBox Bets on the Period Piece the U.S. Abandoned
Austen power: The streamer is doubling down as its new drama drives record subs — at a third the cost of ‘The Crown’
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TV in 3: Spider-Man TV Is Alive — Sony and Amazon Weigh 4 New Scripts
My scoop on post-‘Spider-Noir’ plans, the strange wait for ‘Lanterns’ season 2, and ‘P-Valley’ takes on ‘Harry Potter’
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Mike Schur & J.J. Philbin: Streaming Rules ‘Broke’ Comedy
The ‘Dig’ duo on binge-or-die math, decline of the hangout show and the mystery engine powering Amy Poehler’s latest
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TV in 3: ‘Adults’ Nearly Died. Then John Landgraf Told Them How to Save It
The show bosses unpack the FX chief’s key redirect. Plus: the Matthew Perry doc and Apple TV’s price hike
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YouTube Says Somebody Has to Lose. Britain Is Fighting Back
The platform’s Europe boss warned that every slot reserved for public broadcasters is one his algorithm loses. Behind the standoff: a former Google exec who now runs the BBC
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Inside TV’s Great Overall Deals Reboot
New details on Seth MacFarlane’s NBCU pact, a ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ showrunner scoop & A-list paydays now
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‘Backrooms’ Casting Director on Kane Parsons’ Letter to Chiwetel Ejiofor
Wittney Horton reveals the advice she gave to the first-time helmer on how to land two Oscar nominees
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TV in 3: Duffers Nab North Road Exec, Mindy Kaling’s ‘NSFW’ Seeks a Lifeline
Plus, USA Network and Fox Entertainment Studios combine indie forces on a new drama series
Series Business’ Elaine Low, Lesley Goldberg and Manori Ravindran report on the TV industry’s big names and bigger shifts — tracking the deals and decisions redefining a market.