FX swept the top categories at Sunday’s 69th annual WGA Awards with Atlanta winning for Comedy Series and New Series, The Americans for Drama Series and The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story for Long Form Adapted. See the full list of winners.
FX released its annual (unofficial) Peak TV study on today and, after crunching the numbers, determined that a staggering 455 scripted original series aired across broadcast, cable, and streaming sources in 2016. That’s an 8% uptick over 2015’s 421 and a 71% increase vs. five years ago (266 in 2011).
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FX CEO: 500-Show Bubble Destined To Burst
With a greater supply of U.S. television than can be profitably produced, the industry is “ballooning into a condition of oversupply” that will likely peak in the next two years and then slowly deflate, FX Networks chief John Landgraf said Tuesday.
FX’s Landgraf: Scripted Surge Isn’t Slowing
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Americans” will conclude its series run on FX with two more seasons, the network announced Wednesday. A 13-episode fifth season will air in 2017, followed […]
Tracy Morgan To Star In FX Pilot By Jordan Peele
FX continues to beat the too-much-TV drum to a mostly receptive audience of Reporters Who Cover Television, today issuing a report that the total number of scripted series hit a new high this year with 409 dramas, comedies and limited series across broadcast networks, basic and pay cable and OTT services.
The nominees have been announced on both the film and TV sides for the Critics’ Choice Awards, the newly combined honors from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. Winners will be announced at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards set for Jan. 17 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica and airing live on A&E, Lifetime and LMN.
