Series Business
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Peter Rice’s 190-Country Headache: Find Netflix’s Next ‘Squid Game’
Execs, producers and analysts sound the alarm that the streamer’s ‘local for local’ strategy is stifling global hits
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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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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
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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
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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’
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.