FXis about to enter a new era.
Im sweating bullets, to be honest with you, because the truth is, you never know.
Obviously you wouldnt pick something up or you wouldnt make something if you didnt think it could be good.
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But its always a little daunting when you have shows this good.
You always feel like, How the heck am I going to ever find something that can replace it?
And so far, knock wood, weve managed to do it.
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Landgraf told Deadline that his needs are both in comedy and drama.
This years slate comprises a larger-than-expected roster of limited series includingFeud: Capote vs.
The Swans, Shogun,basketball dramaClippedand Elisabeth Moss-frontedThe Veil.
He said that this was prompted by the writers and actors strikes.
So ultimately, they filled the schedule this year.
We have glaring needs for new dramas and comedies, starting in 2025.
The cupboard is not entirely bare.
The Old Man, starring Jeff Bridges,will returnat the end of the year.
The series is about to restart production afterthe strikes interrupted itand is three to four episodes in.
Landgraf said that hes desperate to find the next great thing.
So many of our shows really are about the execution, not the names, he added.
You dont want to repeat the same thing over and over again, he said.
It doesnt actually serve our needs to do that.
Its not what the audience wants.
He pointed to declining attention spans.
I think our impatience with things that are a little demanding have gone down.
Its something Im really worried about in the media ecosystem created by the internet, he added.
We have 8,000 episodes of television available on our streaming platforms, so holding peoples attention is really difficult.
Landgraf added that the cost of making television has radically increased as well.
Television shows start at such an expensive rate.
That gets harder to do when something is super-expensive.
Talking of expensive shows, the data pipe still has a number of Ryan Murphy-produced series in the pipeline.
All of these questions sort of sit in Ryan World.
and obviously he has his own methodology for communicating when he wants to communicate.
Hes a little different than everybody else.
