TNT and TBS are moving out of the scripted game under new parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which under CEO David Zaslav has promised $3 billion in cost savings in the post-WarnerMedia merger …
David Simon’s ‘We Own This City’ Is the Perfect Marriage of Material and Creator: TV Review
Scripted limited-run dramas inspired by recent, buzzy true-crime tales have recently oversaturated the market. And yet for as many as there are, notably few have drawn from what is arguably America’s …
Total European TV Production Dips For Soaps, While High-End Output Rises and BBC Reigns, Report Finds
Production of European TV scripted content dropped by more than 600 hours in 2020, which is 4% of total, mainly due to less soaps being made. Conversely, production of high-end shows increased. These …
Top Global TV Trends in 2022 Revealed at MipTV
In scripted content, or “The Godfather,” people should never take sides against the family. As proven by some of 2021 and 2022 top launches, from “Kin,” a RTE One No. 1 launch in Ireland, to South …
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Shocking Oscar Moment: Will Smith Smacks Chris Rock In The Face During Oscars After Joke About Wife Jada Pinkett Smith
The hit did not appear to be a scripted bit, as it was censored by ABC during the American broadcast. …
‘In Scripted Formats, You Have to Sell to a Creative Person,’ Argue Panelists at Series Mania
The conditions are set for an increase in scripted adaptations, argued Tim Westcott of research organization Omdia at Series Mania. According to the research opening the “With Local Content Going …