Series Business
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Peter Rice’s 190-Country Headache: Find Netflix’s Next ‘Squid Game’
Execs, producers and analysts sound the alarm that the streamer’s ‘local for local’ strategy is stifling global hits
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David Ellison Has 36 Sports Deals He Can’t Afford. What Goes First
I reveal where Skydance could be eyeing cuts as $6.6B in yearly rights, $80B debt and a tough NFL deal loom
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The Mid-Career Reset: Two Top Execs Ditch Hollywood’s Playbook — and Find the Fun Again
Jana Winograde and Susan Rovner on their new app (scoop: we’ve got the name) and the bet on microdramas the industry can’t ignore
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The NATPE-Realscreen Collapse and Where to Go Sell Your Show Now
A brutal autopsy, the rival cashing in and where IRL buyers and producers are heading next
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TV in 3: The Open Letter Tearing Apart Agencies, Writers, Paramount & WB
The Block the Merger campaign is straining relationships
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A24’s Speed, Spend & Bidding Wars Reshape TV — Forcing Rivals to Pay Up
Fast deals and creator-friendly terms make the studio a favorite among agents, and a headache for everyone else
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The WGA Deal’s ‘Cruelest Cut’: Healthcare — and Why Some Members May Vote No
Exclusive details from Saturday’s member meeting: ‘They had us over all the barrels,’ says Marc Guggenheim
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TV in 3: CBS’ Late-Night Surrender; Scoop: Kennedy Center Producers Bolt
Sources say the network is ‘considering’ even more cost-effective programming
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David E. Kelley at 70: Still Chasing the ‘Scream Inside’
On 40 years in TV, Michelle Pfeiffer and his warning that ‘executives are not letting storytellers be storytellers.’ Plus: two new projects revealed
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So You Made a Hit. Now the Real Hustle Starts
Producers behind unscripted winners on avoiding the one-and-done rut
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TV in 3: ‘Pitt’ Casting Firestorm & Reality’s Numbers Slump
Supriya Ganesh’s exit sends fans into code red; April’s Emmy-bait pile-up
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HBO Max Invades Britain — Testing a New Playbook for Global Streaming
Inside WBD’s bet that mass IP can outperform local storytelling as Netflix, Amazon and Disney double down on local hits
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Peter Friedlander Is Remaking Amazon TV. What’s Taking So Long?
‘People are mystified’ six months in about the agenda, as agents grow restless for the streamer to start buying again
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Millennial Careers are Breaking Down: ‘I’m Just Trying to Survive’
Stalled careers, rising costs and the quiet calculation of how long this still works in part two of The Disappearing Ladder
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Netflix Spending Spree: ‘Prestige Envy,’ Cheap Hits — and an Ellison War to Come
The streamer may have lost the battle for WBD. But its new bets reveal a strategy that could box in Paramount
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Why Is Netflix Suddenly Buying So Many Shows?
The streamer may have lost the battle for WBD. But its new bets reveal a strategy that could box in Paramount
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.