Series Business
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Disney’s Battle for YouTube’s Youngest Viewers Is Just Beginning
Ayo Davis’ division is minting stars, rebooting classic IP (‘edgy’ Tinker Bell?) and forging new franchises to win Gen Alpha
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DGA v. WGA: Directors Score Pilot Credit, Writers Cry ‘Power Grab’
Tensions between the guilds mount over creative clout: ‘Motherfuckers, I helped make this show for you’
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British TV’s YouTube Trap Is Coming for Hollywood
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are growing on the top streamer. But the more they succeed, the less leverage they have
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‘Fear and Fire’: Paramount’s Chaos Is Spooking Showrunners
‘Many will not pitch there,’ says one showrunner, as top creators with studio ties fear Bari Weiss’ 60 Minutes mess is poisoning the brand
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The Paramount-HBO Max Pitch Scramble: A Sellers’ Guide
Ellison’s streamer is ‘very competitive,’ WBD’s are ‘really tough’ as the proposed merger redraws Hollywood’s programming map
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TV in 3: Amazon’s Data Drip; HBO Max’s Bare Shelves
Plus: Did Netflix’s ‘Pop Culture Jeopardy’ daily drops pay off?
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Paramount-Warners: 3 Exec Showdowns About to Explode
It all starts with Bloys vs. Holland as industry insiders handicap the big battles coming — and how David Ellison will choose
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Microdramas: Writers’ AI Canary in the Coal Mine
‘High page count with a shoestring budget’: Vertical production is accelerating adaptation, with hard lessons for Hollywood
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TV in 3: Amazon Search for Friedlander’s No. 2 Narrows
A new frontrunner emerges. Plus: Jeff Fager on Bari Weiss’ 60 Minutes pick and Hacks showrunners talk AI & goodbye
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The ‘Pitt’ Effect: A Scramble to Get Shows Back on Air Faster
Agents and studio insiders reveal how streamers’ race to return series annually is reshaping schedules, renewals and production
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‘Rafa’ to ‘Raw’: Netflix Execs Reveal Their Shift in Sports Strategy
Adam Del Deo and Gabe Spitzer on what’s driving the streamer’s changing playbook
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TV in 3: Shonda’s Disney-Netflix Throuple — And Why Everyone Wins
Inside Rhimes’ return to ABC, Colbert’s sign-off & the Michael Landon moment
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Amazon’s Hockey Romance ‘Off Campus’ Has a ‘Bridgerton’ Plan
First-time showrunner Louisa Levy reveals her franchise play for a steamy show less ‘Heated Rivalry’ than people think
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Exclusive: ‘SNL UK’ Showrunner & Cast on Surviving the Skeptics
James Longman, Celeste Dring, Emma Sidi and Jack Shep respond to the show’s critics and that Trump Truth Social post
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Disney TV Sellers’ Guide: What ABC, FX & Hulu Actually Want
With ‘very limited real estate’ — and a Goldilocks vibe under Landgraf — top reps ID the smart strategies to break through
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TV in 3: Friedlander’s Amazon Goals Revealed; TV Studio Scorecard
Plus: Vin Diesel’s Upfronts onstage overshare
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Upfronts Winners & Losers: Scripted TV Gets Sacked
Plus: The David Ellison elephant loomed over New York while jocks jockeyed in front of Madison Ave.
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.