Series Business
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TV in 3: Amazon Raids Netflix Again; ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Nabs Bosses
Plus: Netflix starts co-financing AMC originals; Peacock’s price hike is all in the timing
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Amazon Calls Her Its YA ‘Secret Sauce.’ She Reveals How the Machine Works
Mercedes Ron gave Prime Video its biggest non-English launch ever — and takes me inside her 11-adaptation deal
Latest Series Business stories
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Beatrice Springborn’s Bet: A ‘Flexible Model’ to Win Talent, Outsmart Streamers & Go Global
SCOOP: Universal Content Productions’ chief reveals projects with Yara Shahidi, the Obamas, Sam Esmail, Matt Charman — and the state of Seth MacFarlane’s overall
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An Economist’s Hard Truths: Where to Pivot Your Career NOW — and the Next Strikes Looming
Patrick Adler’s data reveals AI’s impact, why strikes hit when ‘the pie is shrinking’ and the high-pay sector where Hollywood can still win
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Warner Bros. Insiders: Quiet Panic as Muscle Memory Kicks In — With One Big Asterisk
It’s déjà vu — only now, studio veterans can see which jobs survive before the next axe even swings. Plus: my scoop on a new Netflix series
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Sports Doc Fatigue: Hollywood’s New Endurance Test (and How to Cure It)
Amid ‘way too much’ programming, producers, agents & execs tell me how they’re rewriting the playbook to keep audiences in the game
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Supermerger: Inside the Deal That Would Finally Give Netflix a Real Rival
Industry insiders reveal their excitement over David Ellison’s Paramount-WBD dream and a rebalance of power: ‘My enemy’s enemy is my friend’
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Ad Money Enters the Pitch Room: ‘It’s Clear Where We’re Headed’
In the ‘Skip Ad’ era, producers reveal how brands are helping budgets cross the finish line and into a greenlight: ‘It’s an answer to our prayers’
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Battle for NBC’s Soul: Dick Wolf vs. the NBA (Final Score Inside)
I crunch numbers on 30 Rock’s $2.45B sports gamble and Wolf’s TV empire — and call a winner in the scripted-sports showdown
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Outpitch, Outplay, Outlast: The New Rules for Selling Reality TV
In a tighter, cheaper, louder market, agents say only the boldest ideas — and noisiest pitches — are breaking through
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10 Showrunners Who Define TV Now
They don’t just make hits — they set trends, move markets and tell Hollywood what audiences actually want
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Confessions of an Unscripted TV Agent: Fewer Buyers, New Hustles
A top agency rep breaks down Netflix’s shift, who’s buying, what’s selling and how AI and brand money are rewriting the rules
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Amazon TV Trapped in ‘Lord of the Rings’ Nightmare, Exec Palace Intrigue
Peter Friedlander steps in to a ‘battered’ team, a star showrunner departure and an insanely high kill fee to the Tolkien estate
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Amazon TV’s Brutal Keeper Test Begins: Palladino Exit, ‘LOTR’ Nightmare, Execs
Peter Friedlander steps in to a ‘battered’ team, a star showrunner departure and an insanely high kill fee to the Tolkien estate
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How OG Netflixer Peter Friedlander Can Revitalize TV at ‘Miserable’ Amazon
The exec has goodwill and a tough remit as Prime Video’s murky mission and misses sapped morale: “‘Citadel’ was our ‘Ishtar’”
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The L.A. Politico Battling Hollywood Job Drain, Trump ‘Bribery,’ ICE Masks
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman once produced Angelina Jolie and Olsen films — now she fights for existential freedoms and to keep film & TV in SoCal
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EXCLUSIVE: Vince Gilligan & Sony TV Renew Overall — ‘I’ve Got it Pretty Great’
‘I’m proud (and a little sad) to be working for Hollywood’s last independent studio,’ the ‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘Pluribus’ creator tells me
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.