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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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @01:36AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @01:36AM (#425513)

    > With all these channels, there's nothing to watch besides Friends re-runs, Die Hard, and cooking shows.

    That's your problem. Who pays attention to channels any more? Watch shows.

    Bosch, as mentioned in the summary, is a fantastic show. I think its on netflix.
    Transparent on amazon is great.
    Lucifer (adaptation of neil gaiman commic) is your basic crime-of-the-week but clever fun because of the lead.
    Humans (from the BBC) is an awesome android story
    Jessica Jones, the Punisher, Luke Cage all great gritty super-hero shows.
    Real Oneals and Speechless are pretty good sitcoms (kevin can wait, man with a plan are not)
    And Stranger Things, holy shit was that a ton of fun.

    Stop settling for what's "on" and start looking for what's great.

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