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The Business

FX CEO John Landgraf: Peak TV and the Paradox of Choice

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It may seem strange for the head of a cable network that's gone from two to 20 shows in the last decade to say there's officially too much TV, but that's exactly what FX's John Landgraf declared at this summer's TCA gathering. He breaks down his thinking for us.

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Josh Barrow, your new host of Left, Right, and Center.

0:03.0

Every week, join Rich Lowry, Bob Shear and Me for a contentious yet civilized debate of the week's big political stories, from ISIS to the U.S. economy to this 47 candidate presidential election we're having.

0:13.7

You can find Left, Right, and Center on KCRW's iTunes page.

0:18.1

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

0:25.6

Netflix has made 14 shows.

0:27.7

Take any 14 shows we've made, they're better.

0:30.0

Any 14.

0:31.2

John Landgraf, the CEO of FX Networks, isn't afraid of a little or even a lot of

0:36.6

competition.

0:37.7

The head of the cable outfit with the shows like Fargo, Louis, and Sons of Anarchy

0:41.7

tells us why he thinks there's too much TV,

0:44.7

why his own three networks are part of the problem and what needs to change.

0:49.0

But first on the news banter, checking in on Toronto,

0:52.3

and the deal that lets King Kong meet Godzilla.

1:00.4

Stay tuned, it's the business from KCRW.

1:07.1

I am joined by my fellow banterer, Matt Bellany, of the Hollywood reporter.

1:11.3

Hello, Matt.

1:12.0

Hi there.

1:12.6

So, Matt, you have been in Toronto seeing the movies, getting a sense of the market, the reaction to the movies.

1:18.4

Let's start maybe with awards buzz.

1:20.6

I don't think anybody emerged with the movie that was the one.

1:24.1

Nobody was anointed, as sometimes has happened in the past.

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