2024 TV Development: Selling Frenzy Amid Contraction, Compressed Pilot Season Post-Strike
deadline.comAs Hollywood can’t wait to close the book on one of the most disruptive years in history, marked by a industry-paralyzing double strike that shut down production for more than six months, there is a lot of hope riding on 2024.
There is also a dose of anxiety about what exactly the new normal might be. The new year is expected to bring a selling frenzy.
With few writers writing spec scripts during the work stoppage as most focused on strike duties, an anticipated post-strike spec market did not materialize.
Unsure whether the main networks and platforms would be open for new business right away or busy attaching acting talent to their packages after the November end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, many producers opted to wait until after the holidays to take out their projects.
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