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A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com)

Posted by msmash on from the so-much-tv dept.

In case you wanted to ground your abstract TV FOMO in hard numbers, FX has data on the fact that, yes, there really is too much TV. An anonymous reader shares a report: The network, whose CEO John Landgraf coined the idea of "peak TV," has released its unofficial tally of the number of shows on TV, finding that 455 different scripted television series from broadcast, cable, and streaming sources aired in the last year. That's an 8 percent increase from last year, when 421 shows aired on TV; a 71 percent increase from 2011, when a mere 266 shows were on TV; and a 137 percent increase from 2006, when there were 192 shows on TV.

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  1. All these stuff by Lirodon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yet every Canadian broadcaster just takes 15% of them and spreads reruns of them across multiple channels that provide the illusion of variety.

  2. Re:nothing by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from." - Pink Floyd 1979

    Only the number has changed.

  3. Re: nothing by 605dave · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you watched The Expanse? Seems like real SciFi to me.

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    Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
  4. Nothing good on? Bullshit. by voidstin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nothing good on? Bullshit. Here are the show only on FX in the past year, with their RT ratings:

    Atlanta 100%
    Fargo 98%
    Always Sunny in Philadelphia 97%
    Archer 97%
    People vs. OJ Simpson 97%
    The Americans 96%
    Better Things 94%
    You're the Worst 92%
    Man Seeking Woman 90%
    American Horror Story 77%
    Baskets 70%

    That doesn't count all the great shows on HBO (GoT, Westworld, Insecure), AMC (Better Call Saul, Walking Dead), Netflix (Stranger Things, The Crown), Amazon (Fleabag, Good Girls Revolt), and many others.

    Also, RTFA - 455 this year is counting only NEW, SCRIPTED (not reality) shows on TV and OTT services like Netflix and Amazon. There's even a chart. Landgraf knows what he's talking about.

    Also, many of you are making his point for him. Nobody wants to pay for this (ie watch commercials or subscribe). Each hour of high end TV (not twitch, not pewdiepie, not unboxing, but real scripted TV that can compete in this landscape) costs roughly $2.5 million. So, I just mentioned roughy 170 hours of content above - that's 425 million dollars. Where is that money going to come from?