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?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday November 11 2016, @08:55AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Celestial on Friday November 11 2016, @06:11PM
You're welcome. You should definitely check out Deep Space Nine. Like The Next Generation, the first two seasons range from bad to meh, but also like The Next Generation it finds its groove in the third season and Deep Space Nine is better than The Next Generation by the fourth season. So if you do check it out, hang in there. :)