It is an interesting question as to where one of the broadcast networks would place their best new show (linear vs streaming). Streaming is not responsible for a loss of quality dramas on broadcast - it has been a long time since broadcast was the home of the best shows on television. The last broadcast drama to win an Emmy was “24” in 2006. The only broadcast drama to even be nominated in the last ten years is “This is Us” (2X). The last time as many as two broadcast dramas were nominated in the same season was 2011 (“Friday Night Lights” and “The Good Wife.”).
So streaming is unlikely to steal quality dramas from broadcast TV, since there really have been no quality dramas in broadcast TV for more than a decade. But I think we are on the brink of two profound transitions: 1: Quality dramas will be leaving basic (AMC) and premium (Showtime) cable for streaming (HBO of course is in most respects a streamer itself now). If you were coming up with “Homeland” or “The Americans” today, would you really want them on Showtime or AMC, instead of Netflix or Apple+? The second change though is with lower brow, mass appeal programming. Early on Netflix had a feel as the home of quality TV, and most of its early projects were prestige. But for some years now Netflix has been churning out a high number of really schlocky shows, as they don’t really want to be a boutique operation catering to the elite (though maybe Apple+ does); Netflix wants everybody. If you had the next NCIS Netflix would be fighting CBS hard for it - and I see Shonda Rhymes is already in bed with them. On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 6:31 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a really interesting question now about what ends up on networks > versus their corporate parent's streaming service. Does anything deemed as > "good" make it to network TV anymore - at least outside of news and sport? > > Perhaps the best comedies are still on network rather than streamers? But > it'd be hard to argue that's true of drama any more. That said, I suspect > that the NCIS's of this world still do numbers that would make Netflix very > happy - but these shows aren't likely to trouble Emmy voters too much. > > Shifting reality is interesting because streamers need that as well - not > least because it's much cheaper, and can be produced in relatively high > volumes. Quite how that'll work with a show that needs a week by week > audience voting to determine outcomes is going to be an interesting case in > point. But as Wall St prioritises quarter on quarter growth in streaming > subscriber numbers over the millions that are generated by legacy > over-the-air networks, then we're surely going to see more reality formats > shift to streaming exclusively in the future. > > > Adam > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 2:49 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Seems to me that the "Bachelor" franchise on Monday nights year round >> might quiet the affils. >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 7:57 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Like the Emmys story the other day, because football. >>> >>> Expect plenty of affiliates to be p*ssed unless they come up with better >>> Monday programs at the upfront next week. B >>> >>> Brad Beam, April 8th: >>> >>>> >>>> https://ew.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-leaves-abc-for-disney-plus/ >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/16e2ff88-6bf2-4a74-86cc-266de1bd3894n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/16e2ff88-6bf2-4a74-86cc-266de1bd3894n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8tJVmeEueopWxanRo%3D3%3DMTQR2jx1efN20XEpUUiujKXg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8tJVmeEueopWxanRo%3D3%3DMTQR2jx1efN20XEpUUiujKXg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDOX8844hjB78S6M0JTNHUigLFyopSgjS80e%3DqaFONEhw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDOX8844hjB78S6M0JTNHUigLFyopSgjS80e%3DqaFONEhw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK6K3aj3iq%2BwfNbWw0VGz2S6rMZJYsbHSwpppFgZLn7TA%40mail.gmail.com.
