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FX Networks Chief Says 'Peak TV' Has Indeed Peaked
FX CEO John Landgraf seen onstage during a screening in 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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FX Networks boss John Landgraf told reporters at the Television Critics Association on Feb. 9 that "Peak TV" had indeed peaked, with scripted TV series declining 14% to 516 shows in 2023 from 600 in 2022, by FX’s count.
Why It Matters: After several entertainment giant mergers, numerous rounds of layoffs and two industry-stopping strikes, Hollywood is in the midst of a period of contraction.
"We're just experiencing a really big pullback," Landgraf told The Ankler. "I think there'll be an active selling and buying period coming up. Like, it's still a really big industry, there's still a big appetite for projects. But you know, when an industry is actually scaling down, you can feel the sort of retrograde motion."
What's next: "I think its biggest size is behind it," Landgraf says of the entertainment industry. "I can see where the growth is coming. It's in gaming, it's in social media. YouTube has wildly grown. So has Netflix, and so have Disney+ and other streaming platforms. So it has a bright future on one level. But it's going to settle in as a smaller business in terms of at least the volume."
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