Series Business
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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
Latest Series Business stories
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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
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Paramount Under Siege: States Go for the Kill & the California ‘Bluff’
I talk to antitrust pros about the AGs’ ‘strong’ suit as insiders assess the actual threat of the studios leaving L.A.
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TV in 3: Netflix Engagement Blame Game; NBCU Split Divides Execs
Plus: Peter Friedlander’s Amazon exec shuffle & who’ll helm Netflix’s ‘Nemesis’ after its co-creator’s exit for Apple TV
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‘A Colony of America’: How British TV Is Falling Into U.S. Hands
Comcast’s Sky-ITV swoop leaves just two big U.K. broadcasters in local control as survival against Netflix and YouTube might mean giving up oversight of national airwaves
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HBO’s Emmy Reign Is About to Face Its M&A Reckoning
The coming wave of mergers could reshape the noms leaderboard for good as overall submissions hit a low
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‘Lost’ Producer: I Gave L.A. 33 Years. Now I’m Leaving — Here’s Why
An Emmy winner’s new chapter, even as ‘the 7-year-old boy’ with dreams ‘hates 56-year-old me for making this choice’
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Zoloft to Instagram: How Laid-Off Veterans Are Finding a Way Forward
‘Stunned’ workers impacted by cuts at Disney, WBD and Paramount share shock, hope and advice for the next chapter
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Anne Rice, Zombies — and Netflix? AMC’s Plan to Outlast the Streaming Giants
Dan McDermott on a premium-for-adults strategy that works, Walking Dead plans and (scoop!) a new A24 sports show
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Save Our Sets: A Microdrama Lifeline Arrives — With Jobs
Sunset Las Palmas is betting that vertical series — billionaires, werewolves, steamy bedrooms and all — can help fill the hole
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TV in 3: Mindy Kaling’s Slow Start Tests Hulu, Peacock’s World Cup Win
Plus: Paramount-WBD form a Harry Potter pact early
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Amazon’s Elle Woods YA Bet — and the Tricks to Make a Prequel Work
I talk to co-showrunner Caroline Dries about creating the ‘Legally Blonde’ series as Prime Video’s thirst for the genre accelerates
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Sellers’ Guide: Peter Friedlander’s Amazon MGM Reset — and What He Wants Now
I have the revamped wish list at the studio and its Prime Video streamer, now ‘an active straight-to-series buyer’
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TV in 3: Inside Quinta Brunson’s WB Defection — and Coogler’s Jump to Netflix
I got the tick-tock on her new Disney deal, and what led Ryan Coogler to leave the Mouse House. Plus, what to know about the studio shakeups at Uni, Disney
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Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox-Roku Surprise — and Who Survives the Shakeup
A ‘Trojan horse’ move to win the ad wars without spending like Netflix, and where internal politics is part of the game
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Sellers’ Guide: The Shows NBC and Peacock Want Now
Reps cheer NBC’s pilot revival, while Peacock searches for two drama genres — including one known around town as ‘white wine thrillers’
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.