FX ‘Peak TV’ Poll Counts 409 Scripted Series

By Michael Malone
published

There are 409 scripted shows on television, according to a new study from FX Networks, 33 more than in 2014 and almost double what the figure was just six years ago.

The wheels for such a study were set in motion when John Landgraf, FX Networks and FX Productions CEO, spoke about the abundance of scripted shows at the TCA press tour event last August.

“There is simply too much television,” Landgraf said at the time, predicting the 2015 total would “easily blow through the 400 series mark” before a contraction occurs.

The total in the study includes broadcast, cable and digital and does not include reality, news, sports, made-for-television movies, specials, or daytime or children’s programming.

Read more at broadcastingcable.com.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.