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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TV in 3: ‘Off Campus’ Boss Scoop; 750 Writers Vie for ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’
Seth MacFarlane’s adaptation is writers’ most wanted gig. Plus: 50+ Emmy-nominated stars’ pitch to Hollywood
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DC’s TV Trouble: ‘Lanterns’ Arrives, Two Big Shows Die
Inside the new HBO series’ tortured path and the high stakes for Warners, plus my scoops on other development
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The Indie TV Bet With a 100% Pickup Rate
I talk to Joe Lewis and creator David Steinberg about the three ways to finance a show on your own — then sell to a streamer
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TV in 3: Why Apple Torched ‘Bonfire’; Netflix’s Yankees Scripted Swing
Plus, I talk to ‘Sterling Point’ creator Megan Park about making ‘elevated’ YA ‘not just about love triangles’
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Netflix’s $1B Live Bet Worked — Producers Want In
Plimsoll, Done+Dusted and Balich Wonder Studio execs on the race to win streaming’s next AI-proof gold rush
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Cindy Holland’s Paramount Strategy Takes Shape — Deal or No Deal
With or without HBO, ‘Cindy has high-end taste and wants to stick with that’ as an emerging slate reveals her plans
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‘Down and Dirty’: Age-Proofing Your Career in Hollywood’s Hiring Hell
Career pros reveal the words and dates to cut from your résumé — and how to prove you’re not a nostalgia act
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TV in 3: $1B A+E Deal Sets a Price on Cable; Netflix Co-License Spree
Plus: ‘Ride or Die’ creator Tessa Coates on her original Prime Video hit
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The Paramount Pause Opens WBD Poaching Season
As rivals circle top execs and creators, anyone who hasn’t met with David Ellison is ‘100% taking meetings’
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Rob Bonta on Paramount’s Trial Gamble: ‘We’re Not Talking Settlement’
California’s AG tells me: ‘We’re not going to have oligarchs or kings in the economy’
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Jeff Zucker on the Biggest Studio You’re Overlooking: ‘We’ll Take Them By Surprise’
After merging Banijay and All3Media into the world’s largest indie producer, he hints at what else is on his shopping list
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Britney Spears is Liz Meriwether’s Latest Genre Turn. But First: Serial Killers
The ‘Furious’ showrunner on what drew her to the pop star’s story and her refusal to paint women as ‘perfect victims’
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TV’s New Development Money: Brands
As studios pull back, onetime advertisers shift into scripted — paying ‘top-tier’ writers and opening a new path to production
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TV in 3: Hard Numbers on Netflix’s Sophomore Slump Tell a Tough Story
The new data drop reveals the streamer can launch hits, but franchises are harder. Plus: a silver lining in limited series
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Netflix’s Battle Over Binge: ‘It’s Forcing a Reckoning’
Industry opinions split as Ted Sarandos sticks by his ‘core tenet’ and ‘engagement’ becomes the word of the day
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.