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How Dealmaking Has Changed in the Post-Peak TV Landscape


TV dealmakers Jeff Silver and Matt Rosen of Grandview Management share how today’s reduction in original programming is impacting the industry

For the past 10 years, Grandview Management co-founders Jeff Silver and Matt Rosen have navigated dealmaking for their roster of writers and producers for top series including “Ozark” and “House of the Dragon” with considerable savvy. On the latest episode of the Variety podcast “ Strictly Business,” Rosen explains that the significant reduction in total volume of original programming being ordered to series by the streaming services and linear networks has raised the bar for creatives who may have had an easier time in previous years. According to “ The Death of Peak TV,” the data-fueled special report issued earlier this month by Variety Intelligence Platform, the number of original series on cable last year had already plummeted 40% from its all-time high a decade ago.

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