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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‘Poker Face’ to ‘Terminal List’: How an Indie Producer Beats the Big Guys
MRC TV president Jenna Santoianni on her strategy of ‘very specific and targeted bets’, selling pitches vs. scripts, and what makes an idea ‘undeniable’ now
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‘Sharpest Weapon’: Europe’s War Plans Will Hobble Trump-Era Hollywood
‘Buy fewer Teslas and U.S. shows, and more Peugeots and European series!’ rails one French producer as culture-as-strategy takes feverish hold
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‘Sharpest Weapon’: Europe Lays Plans to Hobble Trump-Era Hollywood
‘Buy fewer Teslas and U.S. shows, and more Peugeots and European series!’ rails one French producer as culture-as-strategy takes feverish hold
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How to Get Staffed in a Writers Room Today
Showrunners, agents & a top studio exec reveal new hurdles, samples you need, tips to shine in meetings and more
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‘Pop Culture Investigations’: TV Buyers Swarm After ‘Quiet on Set’
Docs around influencers, child stars and Diddy hit streamers’ top 10s powered by modest budgets, nostalgia and Netflix
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Buyers’ New Good-for-Sellers Vibe Shift (& What ‘The Pitt’ Has to Do With It)
A certain kind of series that can have longevity is hot again as streaming strategy shifts (for once) in writers’ favor
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Buyers’ New Good-for-Sellers Vibe Shift (& What ‘The Pitt’ Has to Do With It)
A certain kind of series that can have longevity is hot again as streaming strategy shifts (for once) in writers’ favor
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A Creative Exec Survival Guide
As roles get squeezed, a guide to standing out, what you’re up against, red flags to avoid and what to highlight on your resume
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‘Adolescence’ Producers Were Struggling. Then Netflix Said Yes
Mark Herbert and Emily Feller tell me how they went from nearly closing to global sensation, how the series might continue & their coming nuclear war project
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Screams Dystopia. But the Show Creator Won’t Get Political
Anti-Trump protesters dress as characters from the Hulu series, but Bruce Miller is focused on sticking the landing of June’s story — and its next chapter
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Screams Dystopia. But the Show Creator Won’t Get Political
Anti-Trump protesters dress as characters from the Hulu series, but Bruce Miller is focused on sticking the landing of June’s story — and its next chapter
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Tariff Terror: TV Production Braces for Trump-Induced Sticker Shock
Lumber for sets is just the start. How budgets will crunch prop masters and in turn scripts: ‘We’re going to see impacts we’re not even prepared for’
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Amazon’s Amazing TV Mess: ‘Everyone’s Afraid of Their Own Shadow’
After Jen Salke’s exit, writers, sellers, agents spill tea on the torture of doing business there and what they want to see from Vernon Sanders
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D’oh! TV Animation Meets AI With Unease, Opportunity
Faster, cheaper: New tools in the market put artists in a state of ambivalence. Plus: My exclusive news on CBS ratings
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‘Freeloading’ No More: European TV Alliances Snub the U.S.
Amid streamer pullback and geopolitical tension, cross-border EU partnerships are co-funding and co-producing hits on their own
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.