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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TV in 3: HBO’s Horny Hockey Hunks Go Viral; CBS’ Showrunner Scramble
Plus: Starz’s Shohei Ohtani home run
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12 C-Suite Execs on the ‘Existential’ Fallout of a Warners Deal and the ‘Least Bad’ Outcome
Private whispers about why the acquisition could be as destabilizing for the buyer as it is for the rest of Hollywood
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‘NOT GOOD’: Agents’ Alarm as Netflix-WBD Stokes Panic, Fears of a Market Pause
Reps on what they’re telling clients, mounting questions and a possible bright side: ‘Where there’s chaos, there’s opportunity’
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Agents Brace for a Market Pause as Warners Waits for a Sale
Reps on what they’re telling clients, mounting questions and a possible bright side: ‘Where there’s chaos, there’s opportunity’
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5 Burning Qs: What The Netflix-Warners Bombshell Means for Creatives, Execs & Shows
The deal would put showrunners, revered execs and piles of priceless IP under one roof, and it’s going to be messy
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Why 34 Million Tuned In: Secrets Behind NBC’s Thanksgiving Ratings Shocker
EVP Jen Neal unpacks the strategy behind ‘our entertainment Super Bowl.’ Plus: my ‘Showrunner Sessions’ with ‘Diplomat’ creator Debora Cahn
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Netflix Raids YouTube for Kids (Again); A-List Squeeze on Animation Voice Roles
I break down science star Mark Rober’s crash into paid streaming and take a tough look at the VO booth. Plus: a new survey where I want you to sound off
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The Ruthless Biz of TV Holiday Movies: Lots of Joy — But ‘They Want Snow for Free’
The Grinch brings fewer films on tighter budgets, but for writers, the pay can feel like Christmas morning: ‘Sometimes money floats down from the heavens’
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As A-Listers Rush Into TV Ads, the Middle-Class Actor Economy Collapses
A big chill hits the shill as stars from Jason Momoa to Chris Pratt move in on commercials
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TV in 3: NBCU-Sheridan Exec Guessing Game; the Writer Who Won $60K on ‘The Floor’; an Industry PR RIP
An out-of-work ‘Ted’ writer is a hit on Fox’s game show; goodbye to WBTV’s Robert Pietranton
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Turkey, NFL & ‘Stranger Things’: Netflix Holiday Stunt Overrides Duffers’ Push for Weekly
SCOOP: What the creators wanted as industry insiders spill on the final-season strategy and the streamer’s new openness to moving beyond the binge
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Adult Animation Boom: Inside TV’s Hot Sellers’ Market, Studio by Studio
Netflix, HBO Max, Fox & Hulu, Amazon: The industry is bullish on toons, even with the AI elephant in room. Here’s who’s spending — and what they want
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TV in 3 Acts: ‘Mad Men’ Returns, ‘Poker Face’ Folds, More Paramount Carnage
My new weekly wrap on the small-screen headlines worth your time
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$100 Million Hate-Watch: Inside Hulu’s ‘All’s Fair’ Trainwreck — and How It Turned Around
SCOOP: I have the budget, cast paydays and behind-the-scenes drama from Kim Kardashian’s critically-savaged series that’s gone ‘zero to hero’
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The Art of Hooking Audiences: Execs From a Disney-Backed Microdrama App Tell All
DramaBox’s creative team came from traditional Hollywood. Now aiming for $3B in revenue, they tell me they’ve had to unlearn almost everything
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.