In 2015, John Landgraf, the CEO of FX Networks, coined the term “peak TV,” predicting that after a period of rapid growth, the number of original shows on television would soon decline. Last year, there were a record 532 original scripted TV series in the US, up 7% from 2018, according to Landgraf’s research team at FX. Instead of a bubble on the verge of popping, the TV landscape has only inflated more and more each year—mostly due to streaming services like Netflix spending billions on content. Read More...
Thanks to streaming, we may never reach the peak of “peak TV”
In 2015, John Landgraf, the CEO of FX Networks, coined the term “peak TV,” predicting that after a period of rapid growth, the number of original shows on television would soon decline. Last year, there were a record 532 original scripted TV series in the US, up 7% from 2018, according to Landgraf’s research team at FX. Instead of a bubble on the verge of popping, the TV landscape has only inflated more and more each year—mostly due to streaming services like Netflix spending billions on content.
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