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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‘Hour to Hour’: Kimmel Crisis Deepens at Disney as Comedy World Erupts
Dana Walden, Rob Mills & their star attempt a second meeting as top comics fume: ‘There will be careers for people who make fun of the powerful’
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Kimmel, Late Night & the Fury — and Future — of Hollywood Comedians
Disney’s Dana Walden, Rob Mills reinstate their star as top comics fume and look to the next gen: ‘There will be careers for people who make fun of the powerful’
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SCOOP: Julie Plec, Andre Agassi Team for Amazon YA Tennis Drama
I have the details on ‘Rally’, in development at Prime Video, also with former pro Justin Gimelstob and ‘Stick’ producer Guymon Casady
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Jay Penske Bought a Beloved TV Fest Then ‘Didn’t Invest’. Its Founders Took It Back
EXCLUSIVE: ATX’s Emily Gipson & Caitlin McFarland break their silence on how investors like Noah Hawley jumped in after PMC ownership went sideways
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Meet ‘Ari’, the AI Talent Agent Helping 300 Actors
Reps, writers and execs now face a choice: embrace the bots or get left behind
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Netflix’s 10-Year Window on Top Originals is Expiring. Studios Smell Blood
‘House of Cards,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and 130+ shows are set to hit the market as FASTs, rival streamers and yes, cable, muscle in
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Microdrama Boom: Why Your Next Job May Be With a 60-Second Soap
Legacy TV players wake up to a $7B opening: Stay stuck in the old system, and ‘you’re never going to make it work in this new world’
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One Big Swing: How ‘Yellowstone’ Was Born From a Single Gut Call
For the first time, former top Paramount exec Kevin Kay reveals how he risked his career on a do-or-die bet on Taylor Sheridan in an impassioned rebuttal to AI
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‘Stuff Is Selling’: Your Guide to What Every TV Buyer Wants Now
Netflix, Apple, HBO, Disney: Agents and execs say the market is moving again, but with sharper tastes, fewer slots, and smart pitching mattering more than ever
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He Made ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty.’ Now Paul Lee’s Betting on K-Drama
Wiip’s CEO hints at more from his Amazon smash, and talks his relationship with former owner CAA and where the market is moving
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How to Job Hunt, Win LinkedIn & Beat the AI Filter: Survival Mode Gets Real
The Hollywood Resumes founders’ real talk on telling your career story
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Sony’s TV Chief Wants to Make the Show You’re Scared to Write
SCOOP: Katherine Pope reveals three new overall deals, and how her indie (‘The Last of Us’, ‘The Boys’) wins on risk: ‘No show ever succeeded on a business model’
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The TV Shows Netflix Wants to Buy Now
Fresh intel about the execs with greenlight power and what to bring them
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Scoop! USA Network is Buying Scripted TV Again. Here’s What They Want
Exec Michael Sluchan, overseeing the Versant net, reveals ‘Blue Skies’ can be cloudy now, original ideas are wanted and a new strategy to survive
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The Exec Behind ‘The Studio’ on Selling Comedy, Originals & Who Gets First Looks
Lionsgate’s Scott Herbst had four bids on Seth Rogen’s series, and reveals the one word driving today’s market
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.