162 articles today

How Much Money a Hit TV Show Can Make (and How It’s Changed)

The Ringer
Story by Unknown
from The Ringer
Image from The Ringer
scrn logline
Hollywood power broker reveals the shifting economics of TV as streaming upends traditional profit models
beat sheet
  • Streaming shakeup: John Mass, president of Content Partners, explains how the rise of streaming has radically changed how TV shows make money, often leaving producers with a smaller piece of the pie
  • Syndication sunset: Mass reminisces about the 'heyday' of the syndication era, when hit shows could earn producers huge profits, a lucrative model that's largely disappeared in the streaming age
call sheet
Matthew Belloni, John Mass, Content Partners, Wicked: Part One, Gladiator 2
Read the source