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John Landgraf Wrestles with the Industry’s Streaming Reckoning and Getting Back to Basics in TV
FX chairman John Landgraf has a bulletin for a battered and bruised entertainment industry: People love traditional television.
That’s one big lesson that Landgraf has learned during the past few years as FX has embarked on a journey of transformation into a branded hub on Hulu (and Disney+ outside the U.S.) while also maintaining its roots as a linear, ad-supported cable channel. Speaking Nov. 19 at Variety ‘s Business Managers Breakfast in West Hollywood, Landgraf noted that the norms have shifted so much that the industry’s challenge is to find a way to bring some of the old model’s protocols into a world that is awash in entertainment options. “Friends,” “Seinfeld,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “ER,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “NCIS” and other sturdy classics from the not-so-distant past drive an extraordinary amount of streaming viewing.
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