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 Immerman on Friday November 11 2016, @04:57PM
It was a a lot better in context - one episode a week, and not much other science fiction coming out.
And come to think of it, that applies to the originals as well as Enterprise. TNG kinda too... honestly Star Trek in general seems to be one that fares poorly in a binge-watching format.