<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Tca-tour ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/tca-tour Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:07:23 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Hulu and ABC are ‘Complementary,’ Says Entertainment President Craig Erwich ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/hulu-and-abc-are-complementary-said-entertainment-president-erwich pb8kcivEWB2YozDcwstViU Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:07:23 +0000 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:52:59 +0000 false false false

Hulu dramedy The Great, about Catherine the Great ruling Russia, will have a third season, shared Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals & ABC Entertainment, during the networks’ TCA Press Tour event. “At Hulu, you’re not going to get Catherine the Great as a sleepy historical drama,” Erwich said. 

Erwich shared about both Hulu and ABC. On the broadcast side, he raved about new mockumentary comedy Abbott Elementary. Creator and star Quinta Brunson “is one of the brightest and funniest new voices to emerge on television,” he said, calling the classroom comedy “a worthy successor to The Office.”

Erwich said Hulu features “a library of many of the best shows ever made” and saluted the live events on ABC, including the Oscars and the CMAs. The Academy Awards, Erwich said, will have a host. Will Packer will produce. “Will really has his finger on the pulse of popular culture and entertainment,” said Erwich. 

Erwich described a “very complementary relationship with minimal audience duplication” between ABC and Hulu. He pointed out Dancing with the Stars getting scores of young viewers on its Hulu airings. ABC series can triple and even quadruple their viewership on Hulu, he added. 

“We’re not throwing anything at the wall to see what sticks,” he said, adding that “each platform has a different opportunity for the artist to tell their story.”

The best measure of a Hulu series, he said, is its cultural impact. He singled out Only Murders in the Building, Pen15 and Dopesick for making a major mark. Only Murders, he added, is Hulu’s most watched comedy. 

Coming up is Pam & Tommy February 2, about Pam Anderson, Tommy Lee, and one of their home movies. Erwich called it “one of the wildest, sharpest, most entertaining shows Hulu has ever launched.”

And back on the ABC side, Erwich was asked about Grey’s Anatomy, which got a season 19 order yesterday. 

“It’s still at the top of its game creatively,” said Erwich, who called it “our most watched drama.”

There’s no end in sight for the doc drama. “We will have as much Grey’s as we can have,” Erwich said. ■

]]> <![CDATA[ TCA: Amazon's Price: 'We're Not in the Programming Business' ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/tca-amazons-price-were-not-programming-business-392700 dKG2gM4RxhieVgApNzZDp2 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:45:00 +0000 false false false

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Amazon Studios chief Roy Price and his drama and comedy lieutenants hailed the subscription over-the-top service's "democratic" process of posting pilots for viewer comment and defended their top-secret approach during an executive session Monday (Aug. 3) at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

"The good news about entertainment is that people are interested in it," Price said. "People watch and we get a ton of reviews." After declining to answer numerous questions about measurement, Price added, "Sometimes it can be a little distracting. It doesn't make sense for us."

He became more animated when asked about negotiations Amazon held to explore streaming Hannibal, which NBC abandoned.

"We’re not in the programming business," he said. While adding the caveat that he didn't mean to lump Hannibal in with run-of-the-mill schedule-fillers, he asked rhetorically, "You know that show? The one that would get you from 8:30 to 9? In an on-demand world, that show doesn’t work because people aren’t going to demand it."

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