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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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America Has Never Had So Much TV — Even Hollywood is Overwhelmed
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(Score: 2) by blackhawk on Friday November 11 2016, @06:06AM
I finally made it through a complete viewing of all the original Star Trek episodes. While season 1 and 2 were pretty decent, camp, and crummy, but somewhat entertaining - season 3 was a total struggle to make it through. I picked up TNG and Enterprise from the same source, and was happy enough to sit down and work through Enterprise, given I've never seen it before. I'm about 16 episodes in and I really don't think I can watch any more. How on earth did they make it so insipid and dull?
My plan was to watch all of the Star Trek shows and seasons in order, but after making it through TOS I just needed a refresher - and I thought Enterprise would be better produced and more up to date than TNG. I was so wrong. My new plan is to not bother watching any more ST.
There's so much good TV available now, it would be a waste to spend time on content I am just not enjoying.
(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.