Series Business
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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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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
Latest Series Business stories
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EXCLUSIVE: Vince Gilligan & Sony TV Renew Overall — ‘I’ve Got it Pretty Great’
‘I’m proud (and a little sad) to be working for Hollywood’s last independent studio,’ the ‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘Pluribus’ creator tells me
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‘Hour to Hour’: Kimmel Crisis Deepens at Disney as Comedy World Erupts
Dana Walden, Rob Mills & their star attempt a second meeting as top comics fume: ‘There will be careers for people who make fun of the powerful’
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Kimmel, Late Night & the Fury — and Future — of Hollywood Comedians
Disney’s Dana Walden, Rob Mills reinstate their star as top comics fume and look to the next gen: ‘There will be careers for people who make fun of the powerful’
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SCOOP: Julie Plec, Andre Agassi Team for Amazon YA Tennis Drama
I have the details on ‘Rally’, in development at Prime Video, also with former pro Justin Gimelstob and ‘Stick’ producer Guymon Casady
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Jay Penske Bought a Beloved TV Fest Then ‘Didn’t Invest’. Its Founders Took It Back
EXCLUSIVE: ATX’s Emily Gipson & Caitlin McFarland break their silence on how investors like Noah Hawley jumped in after PMC ownership went sideways
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Meet ‘Ari’, the AI Talent Agent Helping 300 Actors
Reps, writers and execs now face a choice: embrace the bots or get left behind
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Netflix’s 10-Year Window on Top Originals is Expiring. Studios Smell Blood
‘House of Cards,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and 130+ shows are set to hit the market as FASTs, rival streamers and yes, cable, muscle in
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Microdrama Boom: Why Your Next Job May Be With a 60-Second Soap
Legacy TV players wake up to a $7B opening: Stay stuck in the old system, and ‘you’re never going to make it work in this new world’
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One Big Swing: How ‘Yellowstone’ Was Born From a Single Gut Call
For the first time, former top Paramount exec Kevin Kay reveals how he risked his career on a do-or-die bet on Taylor Sheridan in an impassioned rebuttal to AI
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‘Stuff Is Selling’: Your Guide to What Every TV Buyer Wants Now
Netflix, Apple, HBO, Disney: Agents and execs say the market is moving again, but with sharper tastes, fewer slots, and smart pitching mattering more than ever
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He Made ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty.’ Now Paul Lee’s Betting on K-Drama
Wiip’s CEO hints at more from his Amazon smash, and talks his relationship with former owner CAA and where the market is moving
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How to Job Hunt, Win LinkedIn & Beat the AI Filter: Survival Mode Gets Real
The Hollywood Resumes founders’ real talk on telling your career story
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Sony’s TV Chief Wants to Make the Show You’re Scared to Write
SCOOP: Katherine Pope reveals three new overall deals, and how her indie (‘The Last of Us’, ‘The Boys’) wins on risk: ‘No show ever succeeded on a business model’
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The TV Shows Netflix Wants to Buy Now
Fresh intel about the execs with greenlight power and what to bring them
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Scoop! USA Network is Buying Scripted TV Again. Here’s What They Want
Exec Michael Sluchan, overseeing the Versant net, reveals ‘Blue Skies’ can be cloudy now, original ideas are wanted and a new strategy to survive
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.