John Landgraf
John Landgraf Opens Up About What Led to — and Ultimately Killed — Peak TV
FX CEO John Landgraf, fresh off revealing a 14 percent decline in the volume of scripted originals and saying “adios” to Peak TV, can pinpoint the moment the bubble burst. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the always insightful 20-year FX executive also maps out a vision of the future as he does his […]
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FX’s John Landgraf Declines to Crown Netflix the Winner of the Streaming Wars
FX CEO John Landgraf celebrated his 20th year at the now Disney-owned network Friday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour by saying “adios” to Peak TV. The executive, who famously coined the phrase back in 2015 to represent the content boom, announced that U.S. scripted originals tumbled 14 percent year-over-year (from 600 to […]
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Peak TV Is Officially Over: FX Tallies 14 Percent Drop in Scripted Series for 2023
The Peak TV era is officially over. FX CEO John Landgraf, the so-called “Mayor of Television” who coined the term “Peak TV” in 2015, released his network’s annual research on the volume of U.S.-produced scripted original series for 2023, and the numbers are in line with what the industry had anticipated. The total number of […]
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far)
Over the course of a few months, several Zoom meetings, lots of emails and countless Excel spreadsheets, three THR TV critics joined forces to hash out, and rank, what they consider the greatest shows since 2000.
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Disney’s Dana Walden Reorganizes Senior Team: John Landgraf, Simran Sethi Elevated
Dana Walden has solidified her senior executive team. Following the early February news that she was being upped to co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, Walden has streamlined her reporting structure with both John Landgraf and Simran Sethi adding responsibilities. Landgraf, who has long been a creative standout at FX, has added prestige brands Nat Geo and […]
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Peak TV Climbs Again in 2022, Nearly Reaches 600 Scripted Series
FX head John Landgraf coined the term “Peak TV” in the summer of 2015; that year, according to the annual tally of scripted series FX puts out, 420 such shows aired in the United States. Aside from the pandemic-affected 2020, the total has risen every year since then. According to FX research, 2022 brought 599 […]
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Does New Year’s Silence Signal the End of Peak TV?
We’ve all seen the memes: January is the time when our out-of-office messages give way to “circling back” emails about unfinished business left over from the pre-holiday frenzy. And while everyone is sending and receiving a fair amount of those, the start of 2023 on the TV beat has been near total radio silence. Outside […]
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Deciphering Warner Bros. Discovery’s Recent Moves; Plus Peak TV Talk With FX’s John Landgraf
Welcome to the 180th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: John Landgraf on the State of FX; Inside Franchise Hopes for ‘All American’
Welcome to the 156th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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FX Is Ramping Up Originals: Thanks, Streaming
FX CEO John Landgraf opened his (virtual) time with press at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour with a reminder that March marks 20 years since his basic cable network entered the scripted originals space in a meaningful way with The Shield. And then the respected exec spent the next 40 minutes touting a […]
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FX Rebrands Hulu Tab Amid Global Expansion
FX CEO John Landgraf has preached for years about the importance of brands and content curation. And now, his Disney-owned cable network is doubling down on the FX brand as part of a global expansion. FX announced Monday that its two-year-old hub on Hulu, known as “FX on Hulu,” will be rebranded as just “FX” […]
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John Landgraf Would “Like” to Have Ryan Murphy Back at Disney
FX chairman John Landgraf started his time before the press at the virtual Television Critics Association’s summer press tour by announcing the expansion of Ryan Murphy’s American Story franchise with two new shows and a renewal. The orders for American Sports Story and American Love Story — as well as the pickup of American Crime […]
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