book

TV Outside the Box

by Neil Landau

December 2015

Intermediate to advanced

456 pages

16h 22m

English

Routledge

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Tom FontanaThe Man in the HAZMAT SuitNetflixTed Sarandos: The AmbassadorAmazon StudiosRoy Price: The Wild CardHuluBeatrice Springborn: The VanguardSony CrackleAndy Kaplan: The Nimble PragmatistCW SeedRick Haskins: The Marketing GuruPivotJennie Morris: The Social AdvocateSEESOEvan Shapiro: The Strategic HumoristSidebar—YouTube: Broadcast YourselfVimeoSam Toles: The Streaming CuratorSidebar—Vice TV: Everything “News” is New AgainAwesomenessTVBrian Robbins: The ForecasterGeek & SundryFelicia Day: The EntrepreneurAssembling the Dream Team
Then …Glossary of AnachronismsSidebar—What’s in an Algorithm?… And NowAcronyms in the New Age of TVPeter Tortorici vs The Glossary of AnachronismsSidebar—Aggregating Viewers and the New Cultural InfluencersFinding Talent with a Built-in Fan BaseVaried Perspectives on New Business ModelsCaryn Mandabach on the New Bi-Continental Co-Production ModelBlumhouse Productions’ Jessica Rhoades on the New Micro-Budget TV Series (It’s Not What You’re Thinking)The WGAW’s Charles B. Slocum on the New Syndication
Before the RevolutionAfter the Revolution(subject to change at any minute)From Here to UbiquityCurrent Mandates (and Demographics) at the Top Digital Networks(subject to change any minute)Amazon Studios: A Peek into Special WorldsCrackle (aka Sony Crackle): Premium Cable Style, Globally MindedHulu: Young and Fresh Provocative ProgrammingNetflix: Exclusivity and VarietyVimeo: A Curated, Self-Uploading Storefront for Creators

Specialized Worlds and Different Kinds of FamiliesPolitical AnimalsAlpha House on AmazonHouse of Cards on Netflix—Beau Willimon: Executive Producer/ShowrunnerLadies with AttitudeOrange Is the New Black on Netflix—Jenji Kohan: Creator/Showrunner/Executive ProducerTransparent on Amazon—Andrea Sperling: Executive ProducerUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix—Robert Carlock: Executive Producer/Co-Creator/ShowrunnerOrphan Black on BBC America and Amazon Prime Instant Video—Web interviewMusical Chairs and Artful DodgersMozart in the Jungle on Amazon—John J. Strauss: Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner, Season 1The Art of More on Crackle—Chuck Rose: Creator/Executive ProducerWarring Families and Wrestling DemonsPeaky Blinders on Netflix—Steven Knight: Creator/Writer/Director/Executive Producer/ShowrunnerKingdom on Amazon Prime and DirecTV—Web interview
The New Diversity in the Digital Television RevolutionNorman Lear: Just Another Version of YouAuthenticity, Unfiltered: Transcending StereotypesEast Los High on Hulu—Carlos Portugal: Co-Creator/Head Writer/Director/Executive Producer/ShowrunnerSidebar—A View From Katie Elmore Mota: Co-President Wise EntertainmentThe Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl on YouTube and I Am OTHER—Issa Rae: Creator/Head Writer/Showrunner/Director/StarRun on Hulu—Web interviewGetting On: Exploring the Lives of Senior CitizensDerek on Netflix—Ricky Gervais: Creator/Head Writer/Director/Showrunner/Executive Producer/StarGrace and Frankie on Netflix—Marta Kauffman: Co-Creator/Executive Producer/ShowrunnerSidebar—Last Tango in Halifax on BBC 1, PBS and NetflixCrossing BordersTranscending Language BarriersLilyhammer on NetflixAnne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin—Web interview
Existential Detectives …True Detective, Luther, Broadchurch, The Fall and the Razor’s Edge… And the Monsters They HuntBosch on AmazonEric Overmyer: Co-Creator/Executive Producer/ShowrunnerBroadchurch and The Fall on Netflix and Amazon—Web interviewsHappy Valley on NetflixSally Wainwright: Creator/Writer/Director/Executive Producer/ShowrunnerThe New Anthology: The Twilight Zone on Digital CrackBlack Mirror on NetflixCharlie Brooker: Writer/Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer and Annabel Jones: Showrunner/Executive ProducerAlternative and Extraordinary HistoriesThe Man in the High Castle on Amazon—Frank Spotnitz: Executive Producer/Showrunner/Creator/Developer11/22/63 on Hulu—Bridget Carpenter: Executive Producer/ShowrunnerMarco Polo on Netflix—Web interviewBorgia on Netflix—Web interviewTrouble in Paradise: Sunshine Can Be MurderBloodline on Netflix—Todd Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler: Creators/Showrunners/Executive ProducersMad Dogs on AmazonShawn Ryan: Showrunner/Executive Producer
Id Gone WildThe Awesomes on HuluDigging DeeperBoJack Horseman on Netflix—Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Creator/Head Writer/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Community on Yahoo!—Dan Harmon: Creator/Showrunner/Executive ProducerEvolution Is Integral to RevolutionAre We Living in a “Content Bubble”?The Bottom Line
Commercials That Tell a StoryHigh Maintenance on Vimeo—Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair: Creators/Executive Producers/Showrunners/Director/ActorAim High on Crackle—Heath Corson and Richie Keen: Writers/CreatorsAim High with Heath Corson and Richie Keen—Web interview
A Moveable Talkfest: The Time-Shifting Late Night Talk ShowComedians in Cars Getting Coffee on CrackleFrom on the Road to on the …Park Bench with Steve Buscemi on AOL Originals
HitRecord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on PivotRevolt TVPlaying It Forward on CrackleFood as ArtChef’s Table on NetflixConde Nast Magazines Go StreamingDigital Vogue, Wired, GQ, Vanity FairMichael L. Klein: Conde Nast Entertainment Group (CNEG)
The Slow BurnThe More Things Change, the More They Stay the SameNetflix and the Marvel UniverseMarvel’s Daredevil on NetflixSteven S. DeKnight: Executive Producer/ShowrunnerThe De-stigmatization of Digital TelevisionNever Underestimate the Emotional Tug of Nostalgia
Amazon Studios’ Open Submissions PolicyGortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street on Amazon—David Anaxagoras: Creator/Co-Executive ProducerCasual on Hulu—Zander Lehmann: Creator/Executive ProducerWriters on the Rise in the Streaming Stratosphere
Side Effects and the Challenges AheadThe Downside/Upside of Digital, Streaming TelevisionA New Digital Darwinism