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America Has Never Had So Much TV — Even Hollywood is Overwhelmed

posted by martyb on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the acting-up dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The TV business is facing its biggest explosion of new productions in the medium's history, sparking a billion-dollar arms race between established TV networks and a deep-pocketed insurgency of online streaming giants.

That boom is reshaping the industry from Atlanta to Hollywood, where even washed-up actors are suddenly in high demand and open studio space is the holy grail, said Henrik Bastin, executive producer of "Bosch," a gritty cop drama on Amazon.

Craftspeople, who once went months without a gig, are now fought over and recruited for shows that have become so ambitious, expensive and intricate they're "like making a movie each week," Bastin said.

Is the glut of new productions a flash in the pan, or a sign of things to come?

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:25PM (#425279)

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:38PM (#425290)

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    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:16PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:16PM (#425313)

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      • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:30PM (#425325)

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