Essays
Prestige TV Eats Its Own Tail
The specific tools that made prestige TV great have, across two decades of refinement, become the tools that are now limiting it. An essay on formal exhaustion.
Priya Nair·30 Dec·6 min
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#succession
5 pieces
Essays
The Cast-Size Inflation Problem
Films and TV shows are casting more speaking roles than they can properly serve. An essay on why the ensemble has gotten bloated, what it costs the specific characters inside it, and what tighter casts still do.
Marcus Vell·2 Dec·7 min
Essays
The Limited Series Is Killing the Ongoing Series
The limited series is absorbing the specific talent, capital, and formal experimentation that used to sustain the multi-season drama. An essay on what the two forms do differently, and what we are losing.
Priya Nair·5 Aug·7 min
Industry
Disney Names James Gorman Incoming Chairman
Disney announced that former Morgan Stanley chief James Gorman will become chairman in January, stepping up from the board's succession committee. The move aims to professionalise the Iger handoff.
Casey Winters·22 Jul·4 min
Industry
Iger Returns, Chapek Exits
Bob Iger's return to Disney was supposed to be a two-year fix. It has turned into something more complicated. A progress report on fifteen months of the restoration.
Casey Winters·6 Mar·5 min