Series Business
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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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Elisabeth Finch’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scandal Is Now a Comedy
An eight-year cancer hoax rocked the writers room. Jamie Denbo turns her front-row seat into a one-woman show
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The Microdrama Boom: a Bloodbath in the Making
They were supposed to save Hollywood. But who will save the genre now that the gold rush reveals big asterisks?
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TV in 3: Hollywood’s C-Suite Women are Disappearing. Why?
Bela, Cindy and Pam are out. Is the boys’ club back? Plus: YouTube wins even more, and Jon Stewart stays put
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Too Many Cheeseburgers, No Steak: Peter Rice’s Netflix Challenge
The streamer upended studios. Now it’s turning to a studio insider to fix its creative problems in a YouTube world
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Netflix’s Peter Rice Risk: Studio Insider, But Streaming Outsider
Nine execs who know him assess his talent, taste and ability to navigate the future
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Bela Bajaria Was Fired Wednesday. Next Week Netflix Faces Wall Street
Ted Sarandos told his content chief after she conducted some of the 1,000 layoffs — and with Peter Rice already lined up
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The TV Boss Who Didn’t Want to Play David Ellison’s Game Tells All
As he prepares to leave Skydance, Channel 5’s outspoken Ben Frow dishes on the industry, Cindy Holland, the YouTube ‘delusion’ — and why he may never work again
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TV’s Comedy Crisis: A Tragedy in 3 Acts Unfolding
Fewer shows, fewer chances: Inside the risk aversion and streaming pressures pushing a genre toward the brink
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Ellison’s New Inner Circle: The Org Chart That Reveals Who Has Power
New intel on Andy Gordon and Ynon Kreiz, 15 direct reports, who has his ear, and greenlight power taking shape
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Casey Bloys, the Netflix Factor and How He Beat Cindy Holland
What Netflix told the HBO chief, why Ellison picked him and how the exit left Paramount insiders in tears
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48 Hours: HBO Comes in Hot to Market — Even as Skydance Shudders
Bloys’ newly flush streamer sets it apart as insiders, agents, creatives weigh Ellison’s terrible debt-driven decisions ahead
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Skydance’s Three-Studio TV Problem & Casey Bloys’ New Deal (Scoop)
George Cheeks inherits a treasured trio. But history — and the company’s crushing debt — suggest not all can survive. Plus: HBO’s chief inks new pact to match his huge new role
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Zone-Out TV Is Becoming Big Business
Fireplaces, nature scenes: Samsung, Disney and YouTube find audience and money in shows barely meant to be watched
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Cindy Holland Out: Who’s Next as Hollywood Winter Arrives
Even long-surviving C-suiters won’t escape the cuts
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Harlan Coben’s Netflix Rules: Ignore Data, Forget Prestige
The thriller king behind 13 Netflix shows, including its fifth-most-watched series, never lets numbers change a plot point
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TV in 3: Leaked Disney Memo Warns of ‘Much Smaller Organization’
Stop ‘clinging to the [old] way,’ says an ominous email. Plus: Netflix’s new YA star showrunner; Nkechi Okoro Carroll as ‘All American’ ends
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.