Series Business
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Sell, Stream or Die: Ellison’s Brutal Cable Choices as Bonta Closes in
Insiders on which Paramount/WBD brands have the most value and the players emerging to ‘milk them until the end’
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TV Is Failing Young Men and Boys. Here’s What They Actually Want
Teens and tweens revealed they like superheroes, yes, but also friendship, vulnerability and lives that look like their own
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L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall?
Bat mitzvahs to live sports, anyone? As production declines, new uses for empty acres of studio emerge — with some hope ahead in 2026
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The $3M Episode Squeeze: ‘Downton’ Duo Rethink How to Sell Prestige TV
Carnival Films’ Gareth Neame & Nigel Marchant on navigating a budget-crunched global market and life inside NBCU
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Global TV Market Reboot: A New Second Window Blows Open
SCOOP: Amazon is now selling some of its biggest shows to buyers in territories where it already streams, and other deal earthquakes at the L.A. Screenings
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Lionsgate’s Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era
SCOOPS: The Shohei Ohtani series has sold, ‘The Studio’ could franchise. From tariffs to recovery to Ted Sarandos’ cameo, the longest-tenured TV chief tells all
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What Upfronts ’25 Just Taught Us About Jobs
Sports, live, ad tech, AI: The industry’s heading one way — here’s how to make sure your career goes along for the ride
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TV Producers’ Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn’s Return, One Step Closer
Many are rallying for Jon Voight’s call to revive 1970s rules on show ownership, a chance finally for indie studios to compete
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TV Producers’ Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn’s Return, One Step Closer
Many are rallying for Jon Voight’s call to revive 1970s rules on show ownership, a chance finally for indie studios to compete
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Bloody-Good TV Worlds: Inside ‘Vampire’ and ‘St. Denis Medical’
From Anne Rice’s dark mythos to a mock-doc in a chaotic ER, showrunners and stars explain how to make distinctive series in a shifting TV landscape
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Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: ‘You Buy Cars All Year. Why Not Ads?
The ad chief, along with WBD’s ad team, explain Hollywood’s annual ad blitz, banged up by tariffs and crashed by streamers
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Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: ‘You Buy Cars All Year.’ Why Not Ads?
The ad chief, along with WBD’s ad team, explain Hollywood’s annual ad blitz, banged up by tariffs and crashed by streamers
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TV Chaos Underway in U.S.-Canada Trade War: ‘Someone Takes the Hit’
Producers see locations changing, fewer greenlights and budget crises between ‘Hollywood North’ & Hollywood — even if some find hope in Jon Voight’s proposal
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Mara Brock Akil on ‘Forever’, Netflix, Judy Blume & DEI Rollback: ‘You’ll Lose’
The prolific creator and showrunner tells me about her adaptation of the 1975 classic that centers on Black teens: ‘Who is the most vulnerable now?’
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Mara Brock Akil on ‘Forever’, Netflix, Judy Blume & DEI Rollback: ‘You’ll Lose’
The prolific creator and showrunner tells me about her adaptation of the 1975 classic that centers on Black teens: ‘Who is the most vulnerable now?’
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SCOOP: Uni TV ‘Beta-Testing’ New Deal Structure With Writers
Erin Underhill, pres of the studio behind ‘Hacks’ & ‘The Gilded Age’, reveals the innovative talent pact agents are loving. Plus: How to pitch a show now
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Studios vs. WGA: Writers Reveal Rage, Rewards, Reality Two Long Years Later
On the strike-aversary, Shawn Ryan, Damon Lindelof and more tell me how they really feel and the next debates roiling negotiations set to begin in 2026
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.