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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You Bet: Hollywood’s New Money Is Dirty — and Hard to Resist
Prediction-market cash is flooding Hollywood; California’s long-awaited production money finally arrives
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TV in 3: Is Pilot Season Taking Off Again?
Network by network, I reveal what’s happening at the Big Three as an old system returns
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Versant’s Mark Lazarus and Val Boreland Detail What’s Coming: ‘No Handcuffs’
Scoop! E! is developing a new show to bring back canceled stars as the execs share a new post-NBCU playbook
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Inside the Ankler Invitational: Where Hollywood Took the Court (and Who Won)
I hosted a fierce, fun tourney with Propagate’s Howard Owens as Dan Lin, Joel McHale, Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade and more came out swinging
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TV in 3: Sheridan Meets Cindy Holland’s Hammer; USA’s Post-Peacock Playbook
Plus: ‘The Pitt’ grabs a quick season 3 renewal as streaming series increasingly move to a broadcast beat
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Alex Kurtzman on Star Trek’s Future — and Paramount’s New Regime
With his overall deal set to expire, the ‘Starfleet Academy’ showrunner on what’s next and why Gene Roddenberry’s ‘optimism’ matters more than ever
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The Blumhouse TV Playbook in 2026, Straight From the President
Abhijay Prakash on ‘The Rainmaker,’ ‘Scarpetta’ and optimism with tight budgets: ‘What Disney is to family, we want to be for fear’
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What Makes a Hit in ’26? 20 Buzzy New Series Bet on the Answer
Stars, sequels, and more from Ryan Murphy, Taylor Sheridan are set to test the market
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Best of ’25: TV Seller Guides, Amazon & WB Chaos, 10 Top Exec Q&As
Essential intel to keep you working smarter into next year
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28 Top Execs Recommend the Best TV Series to Binge Over the Holidays
From Frances Berwick to Francesca Orsi: C-suiters reveal the can’t-miss shows they can’t stop watching (even from competitors)
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Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’
Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
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TV in 3: Year-End Deals Rush; ‘Heated Rivalry’ Peaks; a Lesson From Rob Reiner
Things are looking up for 2026 with Apple to Netflix buying series
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SCOOP: UTA Drops Intimacy Coordinator, Choreographer, Dancer Clients
As Hollywood reduces sex onscreen (Gen Z’s not interested, thanks), one worker tells me ‘less intimacy is being written’
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Why Bell Media Execs Went All in on ‘Heated Rivalry’ — and How the Bet Paid Off
CEO Sean Cohan and VP content Justin Stockman on how the gay hockey drama scored globally and without financial partners: ‘We kept ponying up until we owned it’
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Hollywood’s Breaking Faster Than Film Schools Can Teach It. Inside the Scramble to Keep Up
Professors are rewriting syllabi on the fly as studios melt, algorithms rule and screens go vertical: ‘Entertainment changes at the speed of light. Universities do not’
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.