David E. Kelley's Margo's Got Money Troubles is just launching but the prolific showrunner has already lined up his second show for A24, which won a bidding war for Chris Whitaker’s We Begin at the End theankler.com/p/a24-speed-...
A24's TV division is having a moment with three shows launching this week alone (Beef, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Euphoria). How the nimble indie is reshaping TV, via @theankler.com: theankler.com/p/a24s-speed...
The prolific David E. Kelley is marking his *40th* year as a TV writer in 2026 by finally collaborating with Michelle Pfeiffer and venturing into unscripted as he shows absolutely no signs — at age 70 — of slowing down.
My latest for @theankler.com: theankler.com/p/david-e-ke...
#Robocop is being picked up to series at Amazon, as the streamer remains committed to producing 50 episodes of #LOTR. That and much more from me about Peter Friedlander's New Amazon theankler.com/p/why-is-pet...
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Creator R. Scott Gemmill says ‘The Pitt’ ICE episode was written to feel current. Now he calls it “tame” compared to reality. He tells @snoodit.bsky.social why the story hits differently after recent events and what it says about ER strain theankler.com/p/tv-in-3-da...
Fun fact: Craig Erwich, who made the call to pass, now oversees Disney's TV studios and now has control of if #Buffy: New Sunnydale is shopped or not — and if it ever gets rebooted again.
My latest for @theankler.com: Who slayed the #Buffy reboot — and why. Plus Disney responds to the backlash: theankler.com/p/who-slayed...
After 'Whiskey Cavalier' was canceled, @vdoozer.bsky.social says he questioned his voice as a creator. The 'Ted Lasso' co-creator is now back on a hot streak with multiple series in the works. @snoodit.bsky.social talks with him about the comeback: theankler.com/p/bill-lawre...
Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. has Hollywood asking hard questions about jobs, streaming survival and even the company’s new name. “It’s going to be worse than you think,” one longtime exec tells @snoodit.bsky.social, who lays out 10 key questions and predictions theankler.com/p/10-burning...
Today's column is just for you, M2.
Thank you for the kind words. @thefienprint.bsky.social & I miss it, too.
Capping off 2025 with a look ahead at 20 shows with big stakes coming in 2026: theankler.com/p/what-makes...
Capping off 2025 with a look ahead at 20 shows with big stakes coming in 2026: theankler.com/p/what-makes...
Your TV what to watch guide for the holiday break, as determined by 28 executives who make it theankler.com/p/28-top-exe...
Heated Rivalry and Pluribus are probably THE two shows of the moment, and they're both deeply queer, and yet I keep hearing America doesn't want these stories?? So, I guess we need to turn to Canadians and Vince Gilligan to get our fix!
The question of whether Heated Rivalry can win Emmys is actually far more complicated than I ever expected — but don't give up hope yet! Huge thanks to @memles.bsky.social for inspiring this piece and giving expert Canadian TV guidance
The success of #HeatedRivalry has done wonders for Crave and its parent, Bell Media: "There was a bit of a legacy in Canada of, ‘We’re just honored you wanted our show. We wanted to get over that.
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
How would #HeatedRivalry have been different if it was made in the U.S.? "It would have been about a whole team with 20 other players and their wives and anything to dilute the essence of what this was."
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Obsessed with #HeatedRivalry? Me too! I spoke with the showrunner about what U.S. buyers can learn from its success: "The surprise is that the horniness works because of the intimacy and not because of it being just endlessly titillating."
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“It’s a very disruptive move but it will also disrupt them": My latest on a potential WB-Netflix deal for @theankler.com theankler.com/p/12-c-suite...
What happens if Netflix Bros. decides to make all WBTV programming exclusive to its platform? That and many, many more questions about today's game-changing deal for @theankler.com
The Ankler team is LIVE right now reacting to Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. and what it'll mean for the entertainment industry: theankler.com/live-stream/...
This week for @theankler.com: #StrangerThings did 60M views over five days. A 99-year-old parade did half that in just three hours.
Plus the launch of 'Showrunner Sessions' featuring The Diplomat's Debora Cahn!
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This week for @theankler.com: A deep dive into the business of holiday programming theankler.com/p/the-ruthle...
Scoop: Netflix considered a weekly drop for the final season of #StrangerThings before moving to a three-part holiday release for one of its signature hits. That and more this week for @theankler.com --> theankler.com/p/turkey-nfl...
For The Ringer, I wrote about the best TV coaching trees, from series that did the best job of finding and nurturing writers and/or directors who would go on to make great shows of their own:
Miss me breaking down the big TV news of the week? Look no further! I'm back with another weekly column launching today at @theankler.com!
Check out the first installment of TV in 3 Acts -->
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