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The New 'Blinking Yellow Light' Hell of TV Development
Budget gums the process earlier than ever as writers tell me how to fight for the 'sexiest version of the script' and what to expect
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Lesley Goldberg
Art of the Virtual Pitch: Buyer, Seller Secrets for Nailing It in the Zoom Room
Writer despair as execs 'toggle to other screens' and bigwigs score IRL sit-downs
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Elaine Low
Psst! Your Fave U.S. Game Show is Probably Shot in Ireland
Forget #StayinLA as Fox turns a south-of-Dublin area into a 'conveyer belt' and the country sets an unprecedented incentive
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Manori Ravindran
'Buffy' Reboot Will Shoot in L.A.; Veteran Broadcast Writers are Winning
My scoop about the Hulu reboot, awaiting a formal pilot order; and an anonymous top TV exec explains to me why broadcast's resurgence is good for the…
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Lesley Goldberg
‘Broke as a Joke’: Who’s Staying, Who's Fleeing Hollywood After Fires
The infernos as final straw: Where some workers are moving for jobs, as others #StayinLA: 'When the cave's collapsing, you don't keep trying to find…
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Elaine Low
TV Has Changed, But My Passion for Covering the Industry Never Will
Hi! I'm now part of the Series Business team to dig into the nitty-gritty of creating, developing, staffing, marketing and celebrating new shows
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Lesley Goldberg
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A 'Desperate' Campaign to Bring L.A. Production Back: 'People Can't Live Where There is No Work'
As staggering job losses mount, #StayinLA is pressuring studios, government, Iger and Zaslav, with support from Keanu Reeves, Julie Plec & more
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Elaine Low

January 2025

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'Fewer, Bigger, Better': How the Producers of 'Traitors' & 'Squid Game: The Challenge' Make Reality Hits
Studio Lambert's Stephen Lambert and Tim Harcourt reveal what buyers want, advice for succeeding in the genre, and why 'medium' swings no longer work
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Manori Ravindran
Indie TV: ‘Holy Shit, This is a Viable Model’
Film’s done it for decades. Now Cooper Raiff, Duplass Brothers & Joe Lewis tell me about self-financing shows: ‘Way less crazy.’ No wonder TV execs are…
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Elaine Low
Unscripted Market: Who's Buying What in '25, Streamer-by-Streamer
From Netflix to Max: It's not just true crime as nonfiction breaks new ground with IP-based spinoffs, sports docs and MrBeast's $100 million gamble
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Elaine Low
'Blue Cheap': 4 New Ways of Making TV Only Look Expensive
As budgets shrink, scripted teams lean on unscripted's playbook and new digital tools: ‘If we can make a show for $250,000 [that will be bought], what…
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Manori Ravindran
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