Articles about Nashville
The growing complexity of commissioning
Show cancelled? Don’t worry, someone else might pick it up. Renewed? Well, don’t get too excited until the cameras start to roll. This week we look at the increasing difficulty of spotting winners and losers.
Nashville gets encore on CMT
Country-and-western drama Nashville has found a new home, The Last Kingdom has a new US coproducer and StudioCanal has licensed a slate of French and UK shows.
Light at the end of The Tunnel?
Sky Atlantic’s crime drama The Tunnel has seen its ratings stall for season two but there is good news for eOne’s polyamorous comedy You Me Her.
Music shows strike a chord with networks
The success of Fox US’s hip-hop drama Empire has inspired an unprecedented array of music-related scripted shows. So this week’s column takes a look at the writers who are riding the crest of this compositional wave.
Down with the kids
In the aftermath of this year’s Teen Choice Awards, Andy Fry looks at the dramas highlighted by the Fox TV event and the writers behind the shows that have proved a hit among the elusive teenage market.
Oz inferiority complex
Why aren’t high-quality domestic dramas attracting the viewers they deserve in Australia? And how can ABC down under solve the conundrum presented by its ageing audience?